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MID-CONTINENT RESOURCES, INC. V LOOBY, 91 CV 177 <br /> OCTOBER 22, 1992 <br /> PAGE 2 <br /> Creek, then into the Crystal River. As a result , MCR was obligated <br /> to, and did, obtain two permits , one from the Water Quality Control <br /> Division, called a Colorado Discharge Permit "CPDS" permit) , and <br /> the other from the Mined Land Reclamation Division ("MLRD permit") . <br /> 4 . MCR' s MLRD permit discusses in detail the three sediment ponds <br /> forming Outfall No . 016, including their acre-feet of water <br /> capacity , and emergency spillways , dewatering devices , settled out <br /> sediment storage, and other technical details . <br /> 5 . MCR' s MLRD permit deals with the hydrologic consequences of <br /> MCR' s mining operations and their effects on the quality and <br /> quantity of surface water . It delves into total dissolved solids <br /> (TDS) and total suspended solids (TSS) that are generated by MCR' s <br /> mining operations . It explains that sediment pond discharges of <br /> TDS are subject to increase , and that proper amounts of TSS <br /> discharge will not lower water quality . The MLRD permit recites <br /> that there should be no effects on surface water quality as long as <br /> the ponds of Outfall No . 016 are maintained. While the MLRD permit <br /> is not drawn with the simplicity sought by a layperson, it clearly <br /> establishes MCR' s obligations to control the Outfall No . 016 <br /> sediment ponds to prevent unacceptable TSS and TDS discharges into <br /> the stream system. <br /> 6 . MCR' s other permit , the CDPS permit , also set limitations on <br /> discharges from Outfall No . 016 . It did so by quantitative limits <br /> of TSS per day and for a 30-day average ( 35mg/litre 30-day average <br />