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PART I Page 3 of 20 <br /> Permit No. COR-040000 <br /> PART I <br /> A. COVERAGE UNDER THIS PERMIT <br /> 1. Authority to Discharge <br /> Under this permit, active and inactive metal mining operations, and mine-waste remediation projects at inactive mine <br /> sites, where stormwater has come into contact with any overburden, raw material, intermediate products, byproducts, <br /> finished products or waste products located at the mining site, are permitted to discharge stormwater associated with <br /> those operations into waters of the state of Colorado. The term mining operation includes active and inactive mining <br /> activities. <br /> 2. Industries Covered Under this Permit <br /> a. Types of Activities Covered by this Permit: <br /> 1) This permit authorizes all new and existing discharges composed entirely of stormwater associated with <br /> active and inactive metal mining operations. (See Rationale, Section IV for an explanation of exemptions for <br /> uncontaminated stormwater and reclaimed mines.) <br /> 2) This permit authorizes all new and existing discharges composed entirely of stormwater associated with <br /> mine-waste remediation projects at the mine-waste site. Separate permit coverage is necessary to address <br /> stormwater discharges from off-site disposal areas. <br /> 3) This permit may also authorize existing discharges composed entirely of stormwater from any mining <br /> operation that is currently covered by an individual CDPS permit for discharge of process water. <br /> b. Definitions <br /> 1) Stormwater is precipitation-induced surface runoff. <br /> 2) Mining operations include facilities classified as Standard Industrial Classification Codes 10 through 14 <br /> (mineral industry), including active or inactive mining activities. This definition includes operations that <br /> have temporarily ceased mining and are in "temporary cessation" status with the Colorado Division of <br /> Minerals and Geology. <br /> 3) Inactive mining operations are mining operations that are not being actively mined. <br /> 4) Mine-waste remediation projects are projects undertaken to reduce or eliminate environmental impacts of <br /> mine waste. <br /> 5) 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 <br /> disturbed or moved from its naturally occurring location as part of a mineral extraction(mining) activity. <br /> Examples of mine waste include: mine tailings, which is ore that has gone through a milling process and <br /> then been discarded, and waste rock, which is rock that has been moved from its natural location, but not <br /> processed. <br /> Other Definitions can be found in Part I.G of this permit. <br /> 3. Application, Due Dates <br /> a. Application Due Dates: At least thirty days prior to the anticipated date of discharge, the owner (or operator <br /> when the owner does not operate the facility)of the facility shall submit an application provided by the Division. <br /> a <br />