2009-08-03_HYDROLOGY - M1983141

• Permit No: M1983141
• IBM Index Class Name: HYDROLOGY
• Doc Date: 8/3/2009
• Doc Name: Compliance Advisory; Unpermitted Industrial Wastewater Discharge to Groundwater and Surface Water
• From: CDPHE
• To: Mount Royale Ventures, LLC
• Permit Index Doc Type: Hydrology Report
• Email Name: ACS
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

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? STATE OF COLORADO
Bill Ritter, Jr., Governor
James B. Martin, Executive Director
Dedicated to protecting and improving the health and environment of the people of Colorado
4300 Cherry Creek Dr. S.
Denver, Colorado 80246-1530
Phone [phone]
TDD Line [phone]
Located in Glendale, Colorado
http://www.cdphe.state.co.us
July 28, 2009
Laboratory Services Division
8100 Lowry Blvd.
Denver, Colorado 80230-6928
[phone]
Mr. R. T. Heard
Mount Royale Ventures, LLC
P.O. Box 19754
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Division of Reclamaition,
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Boulder, Colorado 80308
RE: Compliance Advisory; Unpermitted Industrial Wastewater Discharge to Groundwater and
Surface Water; Cash & Who Do Mines; Boulder County
Dear Mr. Heard:
On July 20, 2009, Mr. Mark Steen, Owner of the Cash & Who Do Mines notified the Water Quality Control
Division (Division) of an alleged unpermitted industrial wastewater discharge to groundwater and surface
water from the mines. The facility allegedly pumps groundwater from the mines that ae'&iimulates in the
mines so the operators can work the mines. The discharges are allegedly released to Gold Run which then
flows into Boulder Creek. According to Mr. Steen, he has witnessed these incidents and can provide
documentation. Mr. Allen Sorenson, Inspector for the Colorado Division of Reclamation Mining and Safety
(DRMS), conducted a site visit and inspection on May 6, 2009. His report references notification by Mark
Steen, a representative of the landowners of the Mines, of alleged discharges from the mines.
These findings led to a follow-up site visit by Mark Williams, Water Quality Program Coordinator, Boulder
County Public Health on July 22, 2009. The site visit consisted of an evaluation of the discharge condition
of the facility and a search for discharging equipment and facilities. During the visit, Mr. Williams found
hoses and pumps ready for but not in use. However, an estimated one (1) gpm discharge was occurring as a
result of seeping and siphoning.
Based on these findings, Mount Royale Ventures, LLC is allegedly discharging industrial wastewater to the
groundwater and surface water without a Colorado Discharge Permit System (CDPS) discharge permit.
Mount Royale Ventures, LLC is allegedly in violation of the Colorado Water Quality Control Act (the
"Act"), § 25-8-501, C.R.S. which states in part that:
"No person shall discharge any pollutant into any state waters from a point source without first
having obtained a permit from the division for such discharge, and no person shall discharge into a