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PAKf I <br />Page No. 30 <br />Permit No.: CO-0000213 <br />Colorado Department of Public Health & Environment <br />Water Quality Control Division <br />WQCD-P-132 <br />4300 Cherry Creek Drive South <br />Denver, Colorado 80246-1530 <br />h Termination of Stormwater Permit Coverage Requirement <br />0 Termination Criteria <br />a) Reclamation Permit Release: When a site has been reclaimed in accordance with the Colorado Division of <br />Reclamation, Mining, And Safety (CDRM.S) requirements and the site has been released from State <br />reclamation requirements, the permittee may request termination of the stormwater coverage under this <br />permit <br />ij) Request forTerinmation <br />When a site has been reclaimed in accordance with the CDRMS requirements and the site has been released from <br />State reclamation requirements, the permittee may request termination of stormwater coverage under this permit. <br />The Division will consider termination of stormwater coverage when: <br />;A) the permittee has Rubmitted a completed Inactivation Form as provided by the Division which summarizes <br />the work accomplished; <br />h) All stormwater discharges to state waters associated with minin- activities have ceased and the CDf MS. <br />performance bond has been released; <br />0 The Division finds that the permittee has shown reasonable grounds consistent with the Federal and State <br />statutes and regulations for such termination; and <br />d) Fee requirements of Section 61.15 of the State Discharge Permit System Regulations have been met. <br />Continued coverage may be required after reclamation or remediation has been completed if the Division has shown <br />or has reason to suspect that the stormwater discharge may contribute to a violation of a water quality standard. <br />i. Stormwater Definitions <br />i) Best management practices (BMPs): schedules of activities, prohibitions of practices, maintenance procedures, and <br />other management practices to prevent or reduce the pollution of waters of the State. BMPs also include treatment, <br />operating procedures, and practices to control site runoff, spillage or leaks, waste disposal, or drainage from material <br />C, 0 <br />storage. BMPs include structural and nonstructural controls. <br />ii) Inactive mining operations are mining operations that are not being actively mined, <br />:ii) Minim, operation include facilities classified as Standard Industrial Classification Codes 10 through 14 (mineral <br />industry), including active or inactive mining activities. This definition includes operations that have temporarily <br />C� <br />ceased mining and are in "temporary cessation" status with the Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining And <br />Safety. <br />iv) Operator: the individual who has day-to-day supervision and control of activities occurring at the mine site. <br />v) Mine waste, for the purposes of this permit, means any mineral material such as overburden, raw materials, <br />intermediate products, byproducts, finished products or waste products, which is or has been mechanically disturbed <br />or moved from its naturally occurring location as part of a mineral extraction (mining) activity. Examples of mine <br />waste include: mine tailings, which is ore that has gone through a miffing process and then been discarded, and waste <br />rock, which is rock that has been moved from its natural location, but not processed. <br />