_GENERAL DOCUMENTS - C1981017 ‎(288)‎

• Permit No: C1981017
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COLORADO DISCHARGE PERMIT SYSTEM (CDPS)
RATIONALE - AMENDMENT NO. 1
MID-CONTINENT RESOURCES, INC.
COAL BASIN MINES
CDPS PERMIT NUMBER CO-0000396, PITKIN COUNTY
L TYPE OF PERMIT Amendment
II. FACILITY INFORMATION
A. Facility Type:
Fee Categories: Category 2, Subcategory 2: Coal Mining, Mine/Prep Plant Water- Current
Fee $612,year; and Category 24, Subcategory 2: Industrial Stormwater
Permits, 10 acres or more - Current Fee $3001year
Total annual fee $912
B. Legal Contact: John A. Reeves, President
Mid-Continent Resources, Inc.
P.O. Box 1298
Glenwood Springs, CO 81602
(970)+945-4958
C. Facility Contact: Lew Thompson, Environmental Coordinator
Mid-Continent Resources, Inc.
Carbondale, CO 81623
(970)+963-2581
D. Facility Location: In sections 31 and 32, 79S, R89W; sections 4 - 11, 14 - 21, and 28 - 30,
T10S, R89W,• section 36, 79S, R90W; sections 1, 2, 11 - 14, 23 - 25, TIOS,
R90W; west of Redstone, CO.
III. PURPOSE OF AMENDMENT
In letters dated April 12, 1995, and May 13, 1995, the permittee requested relaxation of monitoring frequencies. Mining
terminated in 1991. Mid-Continent Resources, Inc.filed for bankruptcy around that time and is now under the control of the
bankruptcy court. As a result, reclamation of the mine site is now ongoing ai die direction of the Colorado Division of
Minerals and Geology (CDMG). In addition, treatment system maintenance, particularly cleaning of sedimentation ponds
and associated ditch systems, continues to occur at the direction of the permittee with oversight by the CDMG.
Because of the bankruptcy, limited funds remain to complete all reclamation and other activities at this site. The Division
and CDMG have determined that it would be more efficient to expend these funds on reclanation activities and maintenance
of treatment systems than on routine effluent monitoring. Since reclamation began, the permittee has been in general
compliance with effluent limitations. On this basis, the expenditure of funds for continuing analysis of routine monitoring
samples is a lower priority because it does not yield any worthwhile data in this somewhat unique situation.
The permit is being revised to eliminate all routine monitoring except for outfall 001, which remains unchanged. The CDMG
representative assigned to this facility is on site quite often - typically at least once each week. He is continuously monitoring
all ongoing activities. As a result, he will be aware of maintenance activities at the site, including those related to the
treatment systems. It is his opinion that when the systems are properly maintained, they will provide effluent that is likely to
meet the limitations in this permit.