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Part II Page No. 17 Permit No.: CO-0044768 12. Confidentiality Any information relating to any secret process,method of manufacture or production,or sales or marketing data which has been declared confidential by the permittee,and which may be acquired,ascertained,or discovered,whether in any sampling investigation,emergency investigation,or otherwise,shall not be publicly disclosed by any member,officer,or employee of the Commission or the Division,but shall be kept confidential. Any person seeking to invoke the protection of this Subsection(12)shall bear the burden of proving its applicability. This section shall never be interpreted as preventing full disclosure of effluent data. 13. Fees The permittee is required to submit payment of an annual fee as set forth in the 1983 amendments to the Water Quality Control Act.Section 25-8-502(1)(b),and State Discharge Permit Regulations 5 CCR 1002-2,Section 6.16.0 as amended. Failure to submit the required fee when due and payable is a violation of the permit and will result in enforcement action pursuant to Section 25-8-601 et. seq.,C.R.S.1973 as amended. — 14. Duration of Permit The duration of a permit shall be for a fixed term and shall not exceed five(5)years. Filing of a timely and complete application shall cause the expired permit to continue in force to the effective date of the new permit. The permit's duration may be extended only through administrative extensions and not through interim modifications. 15. Section 307 Tonics If a toxic effluent standard or prohibition,including any applicable schedule of compliance specified,is established by regulation pursuant to Section 307 of the Federal Act for a toxic pollutant which is present in the permittee's discharge and such standard or prohibition is more stringent than any limitation upon such pollutant in the discharge permit,the Division shall institute proceedings to modify or revoke and reissue the permit to conform to the toxic effluent standard or prohibition. 16. Antibackslidin¢ a. A permit may not be renewed,reissued,or modified to contain effluent limitations adopted pursuant to Section 25-8- 503(l)(b)(BPJ)of the Water Quality Control Act,which are less stringent than the comparable effluent limitations or standards in the previous permit,unless any one of the following exceptions is met and the conditions of paragraph(c)of this section are met: (1) Material and substantial alterations or additions to the permitted facility occurred after permit issuance which justify the application of less stringent effluent limitations;or (2) Information is available which was not available at the time of permit issuance(other than revised regulations, guidance,or test methods)and which would have justified the application of a less stringent effluent limitation or standard at the time of permit issuance;or (3) The Division determines that technical mistakes or mistaken interpretations of law were made in issuing the permit, which justified relaxation of the effluent limitations or standards;or (4) A less stringent effluent limitation or standard is necessary because of events over which the permittee has no control and for which there is not reasonable available remedy;or (5) The permittee has received a permit variance;or (6) The permittee has installed the treatment facilities required to meet the effluent limitations in the previous permit and has properly operated and maintained the facilities but has nevertheless been unable to achieve the previous effluent limitations,in which case,the limitations in the renewed,reissued,or modified permit may reflect the level of pollutant control actually achieved(but shall not be less stringent than required by effluent guidelines in effect at the time of permit renewal,reissuance,or modification).