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(~a11Y ~r~clcs~ <br />e b .~~ ~-- <br />STATE OF COLORADO <br />Bill Owens, Governor <br />Douglas H. Benevento, Exeatlve Director <br />Dedicated to protecting and improving the health and environment of the people of Colorado <br />4300 Cherry Creek Dr. 5. Laboratory Services Division <br />Denver, Colorado 80246-1530 8700 Lowry Blvd. <br />Phone (303) 692-2000 Denver, Coloado 60230-6928 <br />TDD Line (303) 691-7700 (303) 692-3090 <br />Located in Glendale, Colorado +~,~ <br />httpJ/www.cdphe.state.co.us ~ ~~ ~ \ <br />C~ , , I~QI <br />June 30, 2004 ~ 1 <br />o~~~f'g~,ti O ~~~ <br />Oakridge Energy, Inc. <br />Attn: Sandra Pautsky, President <br />4613 Jacksboro Highway <br />Wichita Falls, Texas 76301 <br />JUL ~ 3 2004 <br />pivision of Niineitils tod Geology <br />Subject: Compliance Inspection of an Industrial Wastewater Treatment Facility; <br />(CDPS No. COG-850042) Oakridge Energy, lnc. -Carbon Junction Mine, <br />La Plata County, Colorado <br />Dear Ms. Pautsky: <br />This letter serves to report the results of the compliance inspection conducted by the Technical <br />Services Unit of the Water Quality Control Division ("WOCD") on the Oakridge Energy, Inc. -Carbon <br />Junction Mine on June 24, 2004. The assistance of Mr. Michael Savage (Savage and Savage, <br />Windsor, Colorado) and Ms. Marcia Talvitie (Four Corners Materials, Durango, Colorado) was very <br />helpful and greatly appreciated. 1 have enclosed a copy of the inspection report for your records. <br />VIOLATIONS <br />During the inspection, the violations were noted and need to be brought to your attention: <br />Part I, D., 2. (Reporting - Stormwater Annual Report) of your discharge permit requires the <br />submittal pf an Annual Report covering January 1 through December 31 of each year. The <br />Annual Report is due to the WOCD-Denver-Permits Unit on or before February 15 of each <br />year. There was no record of a Stormwater Annual Report for the Year covering 2003. <br />Please review your discharge permit and submit the 2003 Stormwater Annual Report as <br />required. <br />2. Part I, D., 6. (Flow Measuring Device) of your discharge permit requires the installation of <br />"flow monitoring devices" at all designated discharge points. There was no flow measuring <br />device at the discharge point for Sediment Pond # 2. There was no flow measuring_device <br />at the discharge paint for Sediment Pond # 1. <br />` Please review your permit. Please design ahd install "flow measuring devices"; which are <br />accurate within ten (10) percent of the actual flow, at all designated discharge points. <br />This letter is your not cation that the conditions at your facility as listed above constitute violations of <br />your industrial wastewater discharge permit (# COG-850042). Please-provide a written response <br />addressing the issues listed above on or before August 13, 2004. response must outline the <br />course of action that has or will lie taken and the date by which you pro dse to bring your facility into <br />compliance. <br />