2012-03-21_REVISION - M2001106

• Permit No: M2001106
• IBM Index Class Name: REVISION
• Doc Date: 3/21/2012
• Doc Name: 112 PERMIT APPLICATION FORM
• From: HUERFANO COUNTY
• To: DRMS
• Type & Sequence: CN1
• Email Name: TC1
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

this site. A permit from the Colorado Dept. of Health & Environment Water Quality Control
Division will also be obtained. Copies of all of the above plans and permits will also be sent to
the Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety.
HUERFANO COUNTY GOVERNMENT will commit to placing topsoil and overburden
stockpiles along the entire low edge of all the mining phases as a first step of the mining
operations; the berms and pits created will control erosion and sedimentation. The operator is
committed to control (prevent) erosion and sedimentation from reaching any drainage. All
methods of control will be used, sediment traps, riprap, straw bales, earthen berms and liners.
Bulk storage of fuel, and small amounts of lubricants, will be stored on site in an earthen berm
with an approved liner around and below the storage containers. The earthen structure will have
a capacity of at least 110% of the tanks and containers tanks. This type of structure will be leak
proof and readily cleanable if a spill does happen. The liner will form a pool that the liquid
cannot escape to the surrounding areas. The other features of this structure is that it will be
designed in such a way that it will be easy to clean up any possible spills. All spills will be
soaked up with an absorbent material such as sand or other substances that can absorb the
spilled oils or lubricants. After the mixture of absorbents and oil are cleaned up all the waste
materials will be transported to the nearest approved disposal site.
HUERFANO COUNTY GOVERNMENT does agree and will commit to Division of
Reclamation, Mining and Safety permit condition as stated in the application package. Any
reportable spill which is a spill of any toxic or hazardous substance (including spills of
petroleum products) within the permit area will be reported to any and/or the Division of the
Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, the National Response Center, the
Colorado Emergency Planning Commission, a local Emergency Planning Commission, or the
State Oil Inspector. In addition the operator shall notify the Division of Reclamation, Mining
and Safety of a reportable spill within the permit area using the same timeframe required by the
permit, license, notice, Act, Rule or Regulation governing the reporting of the spill to the
appropriate agency. Notice of a reportable spill shall be Faxed to: Minerals Program Supervisor,
Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety, FAX [phone]. This FAX will include a
callback number of a responsible official for the Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety
staff to use as a contact.
In addition, for clarification the operator HUERFANO COUNTY GOVERNMENT will use
the Best Management Practices (BMPs) onsite. The Best Management Practices (BMPs) as
defined by the United States Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Water (WH -547)
EPA 832 -R -92 -005, September 1992 as found in Appendix E Glossary as follows:
"Best Management Practices (BMPs): Schedules of activities, prohibitions of
practices, maintenance procedures, and other management practices to prevent or reduce the
pollution of waters of the United States. BMPs also include treatment requirements, operating
procedures, and practices to control plant site runoff, spillage or leaks sludge or waste disposal,
or drainage from raw material storage. With regard to construction these may include structural
devices or nonstructural practices that are designed to prevent pollutants from entering water or
to direct the flow of water."