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Permit No. COG-850000 <br />Facility No. COG-850044 <br />Page ]a <br />Colorado Discharge Permit System Regulations <br />CERTIFICATION <br />under <br />GENERAL PERMIT FOR COAL MINING FACILITIES (SIC NO: 1222) <br />Category 07, Sub-category 5, General Permits, Current fee $7801year (CRS 25-8-502) <br />This certification specifically authorizes the New Elk Coal Company, LLC to discharge <br />as described below and in accordance with the General Permit for Coal Mining Facilities (Surface Runoff). <br />All correspondence relative to this facility should reference the specific facility number, COG-850044. <br />Permittee <br />New Elk Coal Company, LLC <br />136 West Main Street <br />Trinidad, CO 81082 <br />Facility Contact <br />Ronald G. Thompson <br />719-846-4975 <br />Project Name, Activity and Location <br />3 S <br />The Lore^cito Canyon Mine is located in ? m3», R66 r ?o`?, Sec '32, 33, and 34, and T34S, R66W, Sec 3, 4, and 5. Approximate latitude <br />and longitude is 37° 7.279' N and 104° 46.578' W, in Las Animas County. This is a former surface coal mining site that is in final <br />reclamation (post-mining) and full Phase I bond release has been granted for backfilling and grading areas that were mined. Coal <br />production ceased in 2002. The mining permit from the Division of Reclamation Mining and Safety is CO-95-0084. <br />Discharge Points <br />t _, <br /> <br />,ource-. r ?. Treatment , <br />S a n , r t0 Xr 2#- "' <br /> <br />< " t/o g i F s <br />ee ivingiVater z <br />?. , <br /> <br />005 1 Surface Runoff Sedimentation 37° 7.326' N / 104° 48.621 ` W 3.2 MG Cow Canyon <br />006 Surface Runoff Sedimentation 37° 6.822' N / 1040 48.210 ` W 1.1 MG Jeff Canyon_ <br />007 Surface Runoff Sedimentation 37° 6.875' N / 104° 48.037 ` W 2.0 MG Jeff Canyon <br /> Surface Runoff Sedimentation 37° 7.411' N / 104° 48.005 ` W 1 MG <br />3 Unnamed Tnb to the <br />008 . Purgatoire River <br />009A Surface Runoff Sedimentation 37° 6.946' N / 104° 47.771 ` W 0.5 MG Jeff Canyon <br /> Surface Runoff Sedimentation 37° 7.207' N / 104° 47.757 ` W 2 MG <br />1 Unnamed Tnb to the <br />009B . Purgatoire River <br />0010 Surface Runoff Sedimentation 37° 7.213' N / 104° 46.403 ` W 0.2 MG Lorencito Canyon <br />Effluent Parameters <br />The discharge is to Lorencito Canyon, Jeff Canyon, Cow Canyon, and unnamed tributaries to the Purgatory River, , within Segments 04 <br />and 06 of the Lower Arkansas Sub-basin, Arkansas River Basin, found in the Classifications and Numeric Standards for the Arkansas <br />River Basin (Regulation No. 32; last update effective 12/31/07). Segment 04 is Use Protected, and is classified for the following <br />beneficial uses: Aquatic Life Class 2 Warm; Recreation Class E; and Agriculture. Segment 06 is Use Protected, and is classified for the <br />following beneficial uses: Aquatic Life Class 2 Cold; Recreation Class E; and Agriculture. <br />MODIFIED AND EFFECTIVE: JULY 10, 2008 EXPIRES: JUNE 30, 2013