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III IIIlillllllll Ill <br />999 <br />STATE OF COLORADO <br />DIVISION Of MINERALS AND GEOLOGY <br /> <br />Department u( Nawral Resources ~~ //~~~~ <br />131 3 Sherman St., Room 215 <br />Deneer, Colorado 80203 D I V I S I O N O F <br />Phone: 1303) 866356% M I IV E RA L S <br />FAX: 1303)83?-8106 & <br /> GEOLOGY <br /> RECLAMATION <br /> MINING•SAFET7 <br />April 4, 2001 <br /> Bill Owens <br /> <br />Western Fuels-Colorado Governor <br /> <br />Ross Gubka, PE Greg E. Walther <br />Executive Director <br />P.O. Box 628 Michael B. Lang <br />Nucla, CO 81424 Division Director <br />RE: New Horizon Mine, C-81-008, 1999 & 2000 Sediment Pond Inspection Reports and CDPH&E Permit <br />CO-85-00213 Discharge Monitoring Reports <br />Dear Mr. Gubka: <br />The Division has received and reviewed New Horizon's sediment pond inspection reports and the Dept. of <br />Health's NPDES discharge reports for the period covering 2nd quarter 1999 through 4`h quarter 2000. The <br />NPDES reports have been prepared in compliance with Rule 4.05.13(2)(a)(iii). No values exceeded [he permit <br />limitations and no problems were noted with this report. Ponds 1 and 7 have consistently passed the WET tests. <br />Pond 8 has discharged once but has been mined through and is currently under constntction. Sediment pond <br />reports find that all ponds Ire functioning as designed and as normal. Ponds I and 7 continue to discharge ort a <br />regular basis. <br />The Division requests that on your sediment pond inspection report that you add item 20 "Discharge Rate". This <br />items would aid [he Division for some of our year end reports. <br />If you have any questions or are in need of any additional information, please write or call me at (303) 866- <br />3567. <br />Sincerely, <br />Harry B.~2anney <br />Environmental Protection~Specialist <br />