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Bill Ritter, Jr., Govemor <br />Martha E. Rudolph, Executive Director <br />Dedicated to protecting and improving the health and environment of the people of Colorado <br />4300 Cherry Creek Dr. S. <br />Denver, Colorado 80246 -1530 <br />Phone (303) 692 -2000 <br />TDO Line (303) 691 -7700 <br />Located in Glendale, Colorado <br />httplivnww.cdphe.state.co.us <br />Mr. Gus M. Gaviotis, Registered Agent <br />Cotter Corporation (Schwartzwalder Mine) <br />7800 E. Dorado Place, Suite 210 <br />Greenwood Village, Colorado 80111 <br />RE: AMENDMENT NUMBER TWO - Notice of Violation/Cease and Desist Order, Number: I0 100601 - <br />Dear Mr. Hamrick: <br />The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment's Water Quality Control Division (the <br />"Division ") issued Notice of Violation/Cease and Desist Order, Number: I0- 100601 -1 (the "NOV /CDO "), to <br />Cotter Corporation on June 1, 2010. Paragraph 28.b. of the NOV /CDO required Cotter Corporation to <br />reinitiate mine dewatering and water discharge treatment sufficient to bring the mine water table to a level at <br />least 500 feet below the Steve Level. On July 30, 2010, the Division received a letter from Cotter Corporation <br />requesting that paragraph 28.b. be deleted from the NOV /CDO. On August 11, 2010, the Colorado Mined <br />Land Reclamation Board ( "MLRB") issued Notice of Violation No. MV- 2010 -018 to Cotter Corporation, <br />which included a requirement for Cotter Corporation to reinitiate mine dewatering and water discharge <br />treatment sufficient to bring the mine water table to a level at least 500 feet below the Steve Level. <br />Due to the MLRB's parallel requirement, the State's desire to utilize limited government resources efficiently <br />and to limit or minimize duplicative effort upon Cotter Corporation, the Division hereby amends the <br />NOV /CDO to remove paragraph 28.b. However, nothing in this Amendment Number Two shall preclude the <br />Division from re- imposing this requirement or imposing additional requirements in the event that new <br />information is discovered that indicates such requirements are necessary to protect human health or the <br />environment. <br />The scope of this Amendment Number Two to the NOV /CDO is limited to the provisions and/or conditions <br />outlined above. All other terms, conditions, and requirements of the NOV /CDO remain unchanged and in <br />effect. If you have any questions, please contact Michael Harris at (303) 692 -3598 or by electronic mail at <br />michael.harris @state.co.us. <br />1� �rL 1.144 -J <br />Laboratory Services Division <br />8100 Lowry Blvd. <br />Denver, Colorado 80230 -6928 <br />(303) 692 -3090 <br />Lori M. Gerzina, Mona <br />Compliance Assurance Section <br />WATER QUALITY CONTROL DIVISION <br />Exhibit A <br />ec: Jerry Goad, Colorado Attorney General's Office <br />Charlotte Neitzel, Holme Roberts & Owen LLP <br />John Hamrick and Randy Whicker, Cotter Corporation <br />Tony Waldron, DRMS <br />STATE OF COLORADO <br />Colorado Department <br />of Public Health <br />and Environment <br />August 27, 2010 <br />