Project No.: 0317.01.005.510 Page 1 of 11

Project Name: DMR2011 CBI?

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TELEPHONE CALL RECORD

Incoming

Outgoing

Date: 12/19/13 Time: 10:06 am

pm

Company Name: Peabody Investment Corporation ERG Staff Name: Julia Kolberg

Contact Name: John Cochran Contact Phone Number: (928) 913-9218

General Subject: 2011 DMR Iron Discharges

TOPICS DISCUSSED AND ACTION TAKEN

On December 6, 2013 at 11:02am I called Kelly Morgan (303-692-3634) and left a message asking her to return 

my call.

On December 11, 2013 at 10:43am I called Erin Scott (303-692-3506) and left a message asking her to return 

my call.

On December 16, 2013 at 3:37pm I spoke with Leslie Simpson (303-692-3517). She asked that I send an email with my request.

On December 18, 2013 at 3:31pm I attempted to call the contacts listed in the facility fact sheet. As these 

numbers were disconnected, I called Frank Dale (303-692-3526) at the Colorado DPHE and left a message 

requesting that he forward me more recent contact information.

On December 19, 2013 at 10:06am I called John Cochran (928-913-9218), whose contact information had been 

forwarded to me by Frank Dale. John works for the parent company of Seneca Mine. He stated that 2011 had 

been an especially long and heavy year of snowfall, with the amount of precipitation equaling that of the 200 

year event. As a result, their discharges were much higher than normal in the first two quarters of the year. In 

addition, the boundary of area feeding some of the outfalls had been re-drawn to include additional discharge. 

He also corrected a reporting error for outfalls 005, 006, 010, 011, 016 and 017, stating that the values are listed 

to be mg/L but were reported in ug/L (each value should be divided by 1,000).

On January 2, 2014 at 10:22am I called John Cochran again to confirm that the data changes were correct and to 

discuss another potential outlier that may need correction. He did not answer, so I left a message. 

On January 7, 2014 at 10:27am John Cochran returned my call. He offered to send me copies of the original 

DMR reports but wanted more information about our contract with EPA and what information is required. I 

agreed to send him an e-mail with this information.

Please see attached email correspondence for additional information on the facility.
"Dale - CDPHE, Frank" frank.dale@state.co.us

12/18/2013 11:49:04 AM

Kolberg, Julia

Re: 2011 NPDES Permit Request

Hi Julia, 

We have not issued a permit for this facility in 2011. The third amendment issued 5/26/2010 is still in effect 

under an administrative extension. I have attached both that amended permit and the fact sheet.

Please let me know if there is anything else. 

Thanks,

Frank

Frank Dale

Records Manager

Water Quality Control Division

Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment

4300 Cherry Creek Drive South

Denver, CO 80246-1530

303-692-3526 | frank.dale@state.co.us

On Tue, Dec 17, 2013 at 11:40 AM, Julia Kolberg <Julia.Kolberg@erg.com> wrote:

Mr.'s Eby and Dale,

Good afternoon; I was forwarded your contact information by Leslie Simpson. Eastern Research Group, Inc. (ERG) under 

EPA Contract No. EP-C-12-021,is e-mailing you on EPA's behalf to request a copy of the 2011 NPDES Permit for the 

Seneca Coal Mine in Hayden, CO (CO0000221). Here is some background on what the information is used for. 

EPA reviews publicly-available DMR data to fulfill its review obligation under Section 304(b) of the Clean Water Act (CWA). 

The CWA requires EPA to annually review and, if appropriate, revise its water pollution control technology-based 

regulations, called "effluent limitations guidelines" or "effluent guidelines," that limit the discharge of pollutants to waters 

of the U.S. from various categories of industrial facilities. EPA is currently conducting its 2013 annual review of existing 

effluent guidelines and potential industrial guidelines which may need to be included (see 

http://www.epa.gov/guide/304m/ for further information). EPA will discuss this review and the results in its 2013 Effluent 

Guidelines Program Plan scheduled for publication in the Federal Register in 2014. As part of the 2013 annual review, EPA 

is evaluating the data in discharge monitoring reports from 2011 and needs further information to complete the review.

Please call me at (703) 633-1610 if you have any questions.

Thank you,

Julia

Julia Kolberg

Eastern Research Group, Inc.

703-633-1610

julia.kolberg@erg.com
From: John Cochran

Sent: Thursday, January 16, 2014 1:03 PM

To: Julia Kolberg [mailto:Julia.Kolberg@erg.com]

Cc: swietlik.william@epa.gov; Elizabeth Sabol; Kim Wagoner; Kimberly Bartell

Subject: RE:

Julia:

I talked with Bill Swietlik today, and he confirmed what I was thinking you folks were asking for and why.

Accordingly, I have attached two Excel files that provide the data I believe you will need to complete your assessment of 

Seneca’s iron data reported for 2011. The file names should be intuitive, as one provides all total recoverable iron lab 

results, and the other provides flow rates collected at the time the samples were collected. The total recoverable iron 

data are provided in mg/L, and the flow rates are in gallons per minute. 

Please don’t hesitate to contact me if you have any questions going forward. 

John Cochran

Manager Environmental Hydrology

928.913.9218 (office)

928.286.7116 (mobile)

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From: Julia Kolberg [mailto:Julia.Kolberg@erg.com] 

Sent: Tuesday, January 07, 2014 9:25 AM

To: Cochran, John N.

Cc: swietlik.william@epa.gov; Kim Wagoner; Kimberly Bartell

Subject:

Dear Mr. Cochran,

Thank you for speaking with me earlier. Eastern Research Group, Inc. (ERG) under EPA Contract No. EP-C-12-021, is emailing you on EPA's behalf to request clarification of 2011 DMR data for the Seneca Mine in Hayden, CO (CO0000221). 

Please see below for further background. 

EPA, Office of Water (OW) reviews DMR data to fulfill its review obligation under Section 304(b) of the Clean Water Act 

(CWA). The CWA requires EPA to annually review and, if appropriate, revise its water pollution control technology-based 

regulations, called "effluent limitations guidelines" or "effluent guidelines," that limit the discharge of pollutants to waters 

of the U.S. from various categories of industrial facilities. EPA is currently conducting its 2013 annual review of existing 

effluent guidelines and potential industrial guidelines which may need to be included (see 

http://www.epa.gov/guide/304m/ for further information). EPA will discuss this review and the results in its 2013 Effluent 

Guidelines Program Plan scheduled for publication in the Federal Register sometime in 2014. 
As part of the 2013 annual review, EPA is evaluating 2011 DMR data and needs further information to complete the 

review. Specifically, we would like to confirm the amount of iron discharged in 2011 from Seneca Mine. Please send a copy 

of the 2011 DMRs for outfalls 005, 006, 008, 010, 011, 012, 013, 016 and 017.

We appreciate your help in interpreting DMR data correctly. Please call me at (703) 633-1610 if you have any 

questions. If you would like to speak directly with EPA regarding this request, you can contact William F. 

Swietlik of EPA's Office of Water/Engineering Analysis Division by phone at (202) 566-1129 or by email: 

swietlik.william@epa.gov.

Thank you,

Julia

Julia Kolberg

Eastern Research Group, Inc.

703-633-1610

julia.kolberg@erg.com

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Sample Chemistry Parameters

01/01/2011 to 12/31/2011

SAMPLE 

STATION

SAMPLE 

DATE

PARAMETER 

NAME

PARM 

VALUE

UNITS LAB BOTTLE 

ID

ANALYSIS 

DATE

COMMENTS

NPDES10 01/13/2011 Iron, Total Rec. 0.2000 MG/L L86199-05 1/19/2011

NPDES10 02/22/2011 Iron, Total Rec. 0.4000 MG/L L86680-05 3/1/2011

NPDES10 03/23/2011 Iron, Total Rec. 0.1700 MG/L L87094-01 3/28/2011

NPDES10 04/05/2011 Iron, Total Rec. 0.3400 MG/L L87273-03 4/8/2011

NPDES10 05/05/2011 Iron, Total Rec. B0.0500 MG/L L87750-03 5/12/2011

NPDES10 06/02/2011 Iron, Total Rec. 0.0700 MG/L L88300-02 6/8/2011

NPDES10 07/11/2011 Iron, Total Rec. 0.1300 MG/L L89114-01 7/19/2011

NPDES10 08/03/2011 Iron, Total Rec. 0.1600 MG/L L89633-02 8/9/2011

NPDES10 09/13/2011 Iron, Total Rec. 0.1600 MG/L L90446-01 9/20/2011

NPDES10 10/04/2011 Iron, Total Rec. 0.0700 MG/L L91051-03 10/10/2011

NPDES10 11/01/2011 Iron, Total Rec. B0.0600 MG/L L91638-03 11/11/2011

NPDES10 12/05/2011 Iron, Total Rec. B0.0700 MG/L L92180-02 12/12/2011

NPDES11 04/20/2011 Iron, Total Rec. 0.5000 MG/L L87526-01 4/28/2011

NPDES11 05/05/2011 Iron, Total Rec. 0.1900 MG/L L87750-01 5/12/2011

NPDES11 06/02/2011 Iron, Total Rec. B0.0400 MG/L L88300-03 6/8/2011

NPDES11 07/05/2011 Iron, Total Rec. <0.0200 MG/L L88995-04 7/13/2011

NPDES12 01/06/2011 Iron, Total Rec. 0.2500 MG/L L86107-02 1/20/2011

NPDES12 02/08/2011 Iron, Total Rec. 0.3300 MG/L L86497-02 2/14/2011

NPDES12 03/10/2011 Iron, Total Rec. 0.0900 MG/L L86918-02 3/14/2011

NPDES12 04/12/2011 Iron, Total Rec. 0.8400 MG/L L87383-02 4/19/2011

NPDES12 05/03/2011 Iron, Total Rec. 0.4400 MG/L L87700-05 5/10/2011

NPDES12 06/01/2011 Iron, Total Rec. 0.0900 MG/L L88271-04 6/7/2011

NPDES12 07/12/2011 Iron, Total Rec. 0.1700 MG/L L89134-02 7/19/2011

NPDES12 08/09/2011 Iron, Total Rec. <0.0200 MG/L L89745-04 8/12/2011

NPDES12 09/14/2011 Iron, Total Rec. <0.0200 MG/L L90467-03 9/22/2011

NPDES12 10/05/2011 Iron, Total Rec. B0.0500 MG/L L91078-01 10/11/2011

NPDES12 11/03/2011 Iron, Total Rec. 0.1200 MG/L L91694-04 11/11/2011

NPDES12 12/05/2011 Iron, Total Rec. B0.0700 MG/L L92180-01 12/12/2011

NPDES13 03/15/2011 Iron, Total Rec. 0.3500 MG/L L86992-01 3/22/2011

NPDES13 04/12/2011 Iron, Total Rec. 0.3200 MG/L L87383-03 4/19/2011

NPDES13 05/03/2011 Iron, Total Rec. 0.1800 MG/L L87700-06 5/10/2011

NPDES13 06/01/2011 Iron, Total Rec. 0.1000 MG/L L88271-03 6/7/2011

NPDES13 07/11/2011 Iron, Total Rec. <0.1000 MG/L L89114-04 7/19/2011

NPDES16 01/13/2011 Iron, Total Rec. <0.0200 MG/L L86199-01 1/19/2011

NPDES16 02/22/2011 Iron, Total Rec. B0.0500 MG/L L86680-01 3/1/2011

NPDES16 03/16/2011 Iron, Total Rec. 0.6600 MG/L L87011-01 3/22/2011

NPDES16 04/05/2011 Iron, Total Rec. 0.5800 MG/L L87273-01 4/8/2011

NPDES16 05/10/2011 Iron, Total Rec. 1.7300 MG/L L87829-01 5/17/2011

NPDES16 06/06/2011 Iron, Total Rec. 0.1500 MG/L L88353-01 6/13/2011

NPDES16 07/06/2011 Iron, Total Rec. <0.0400 MG/L L89005-02 7/13/2011

NPDES16 08/09/2011 Iron, Total Rec. 0.0800 MG/L L89745-02 8/12/2011

NPDES16 09/12/2011 Iron, Total Rec. B0.0300 MG/L L90408-01 9/16/2011

NPDES16 10/03/2011 Iron, Total Rec. <0.0400 MG/L L91032-03 10/10/2011
NPDES16 11/03/2011 Iron, Total Rec. <0.0400 MG/L L91694-02 11/11/2011

NPDES16 12/08/2011 Iron, Total Rec. B0.0700 MG/L L92250-01 12/16/2011

NPDES17 01/13/2011 Iron, Total Rec. 0.1000 MG/L L86199-02 1/19/2011

NPDES17 02/22/2011 Iron, Total Rec. 0.2200 MG/L L86680-02 3/1/2011

NPDES17 03/16/2011 Iron, Total Rec. 0.6300 MG/L L87011-02 3/22/2011

NPDES17 04/05/2011 Iron, Total Rec. 0.3500 MG/L L87273-02 4/8/2011

NPDES17 05/31/2011 Iron, Total Rec. 1.3100 MG/L L88244-01 6/7/2011

NPDES17 06/22/2011 Iron, Total Rec. 0.2400 MG/L L88726-02 6/29/2011

NPDES17 07/06/2011 Iron, Total Rec. 0.1200 MG/L L89005-01 7/13/2011

NPDES17 08/09/2011 Iron, Total Rec. 0.1500 MG/L L89745-01 8/12/2011

NPDES17 09/12/2011 Iron, Total Rec. 0.2100 MG/L L90408-03 9/16/2011

NPDES17 10/03/2011 Iron, Total Rec. 0.1300 MG/L L91032-02 10/10/2011

NPDES17 11/03/2011 Iron, Total Rec. 0.1000 MG/L L91694-01 11/11/2011

NPDES17 12/12/2011 Iron, Total Rec. 0.1700 MG/L L92292-01 12/16/2011

NPDES5 03/22/2011 Iron, Total Rec. 1.1800 MG/L L87076-01 3/28/2011

NPDES5 04/18/2011 Iron, Total Rec. 1.0400 MG/L L87480-01 5/2/2011

NPDES5 05/03/2011 Iron, Total Rec. 0.3200 MG/L L87700-04 5/10/2011

NPDES5 06/01/2011 Iron, Total Rec. 0.0800 MG/L L88271-01 6/7/2011

NPDES5 07/05/2011 Iron, Total Rec. <0.1000 MG/L L88995-01 7/13/2011

NPDES5 08/01/2011 Iron, Total Rec. B0.3000 MG/L L89633-01 8/9/2011

NPDES5 09/01/2011 Iron, Total Rec. <0.0400 MG/L L90230-01 9/8/2011

NPDES5 11/07/2011 Iron, Total Rec. <0.1000 MG/L L91743-01 11/15/2011

NPDES6 01/06/2011 Iron, Total Rec. B0.0800 MG/L L86107-01 1/20/2011

NPDES6 02/08/2011 Iron, Total Rec. 0.0800 MG/L L86497-01 2/14/2011

NPDES6 03/10/2011 Iron, Total Rec. 0.3000 MG/L L86918-01 3/14/2011

NPDES6 04/07/2011 Iron, Total Rec. 0.4000 MG/L L87338-01 4/15/2011

NPDES6 05/10/2011 Iron, Total Rec. 0.6300 MG/L L87829-02 5/17/2011

NPDES6 06/06/2011 Iron, Total Rec. <0.1000 MG/L L88353-02 6/13/2011

NPDES6 07/06/2011 Iron, Total Rec. <0.1000 MG/L L89005-05 7/13/2011

NPDES6 08/09/2011 Iron, Total Rec. B0.0400 MG/L L89745-03 8/12/2011

NPDES6 09/12/2011 Iron, Total Rec. B0.0300 MG/L L90408-04 9/16/2011

NPDES6 10/03/2011 Iron, Total Rec. <0.1000 MG/L L91032-01 10/10/2011

NPDES6 11/03/2011 Iron, Total Rec. <0.1000 MG/L L91694-03 11/11/2011

NPDES6 12/08/2011 Iron, Total Rec. <0.1000 MG/L L92250-02 12/16/2011
Flow Data

01/01/2011 to 12/31/2011

SAMPLE 

STATION

MEASURE 

DATE

FLOW 

RATE

FLOW 

UNITS

INSTRUMENT SUMMARY TYPE COMMENTS

NPDES10 01/13/2011 12.000 GPM Instantaneous

NPDES10 02/22/2011 23.600 GPM Instantaneous

NPDES10 03/23/2011 49.800 GPM Instantaneous

NPDES10 04/05/2011 283.000 GPM Instantaneous

NPDES10 05/05/2011 822.000 GPM Instantaneous

NPDES10 06/02/2011 175.000 GPM Instantaneous

NPDES10 07/11/2011 433.000 GPM Instantaneous

NPDES10 08/03/2011 101.000 GPM Instantaneous

NPDES10 09/13/2011 38.000 GPM Instantaneous

NPDES10 10/04/2011 36.000 GPM Instantaneous

NPDES10 11/01/2011 39.700 GPM Instantaneous

NPDES10 12/05/2011 42.800 GPM Instantaneous

NPDES11 01/28/2011 0.000 GPM Instantaneous ROAD CLOSED DUE TO DEEP SNOW, NO FLOW 

LIKELY

NPDES11 02/28/2011 0.000 GPM Instantaneous

NPDES11 03/21/2011 0.000 GPM Instantaneous

NPDES11 04/20/2011 142.000 GPM Instantaneous

NPDES11 05/05/2011 184.000 GPM Instantaneous

NPDES11 06/02/2011 124.000 GPM Instantaneous

NPDES11 06/15/2011 63.900 GPM Instantaneous FIELD PARMS ONLY

NPDES11 07/05/2011 11.500 GPM Instantaneous

NPDES11 08/01/2011 0.000 GPM Instantaneous

NPDES11 09/13/2011 0.000 GPM Instantaneous

NPDES11 10/21/2011 0.000 GPM Instantaneous

NPDES11 11/04/2011 0.000 GPM Instantaneous

NPDES11 12/28/2011 0.000 GPM Instantaneous

NPDES12 01/06/2011 21.900 GPM Instantaneous

NPDES12 02/08/2011 23.700 GPM Instantaneous

NPDES12 03/10/2011 23.300 GPM Instantaneous

NPDES12 04/12/2011 264.000 GPM Instantaneous

NPDES12 05/03/2011 264.000 GPM Instantaneous

NPDES12 06/01/2011 264.000 GPM Instantaneous

NPDES12 07/12/2011 183.000 GPM Instantaneous

NPDES12 08/09/2011 136.000 GPM Instantaneous

NPDES12 09/14/2011 74.000 GPM Instantaneous

NPDES12 10/05/2011 53.800 GPM Instantaneous

NPDES12 11/03/2011 40.000 GPM Instantaneous

NPDES12 12/05/2011 34.900 GPM Instantaneous

NPDES13 01/06/2011 0.000 GPM Instantaneous

NPDES13 02/22/2011 0.000 GPM Instantaneous

NPDES13 03/10/2011 0.000 GPM Instantaneous

NPDES13 03/15/2011 11.600 GPM Instantaneous

NPDES13 04/12/2011 47.200 GPM Instantaneous

NPDES13 05/03/2011 31.100 GPM Instantaneous
NPDES13 06/01/2011 3.100 GPM Instantaneous

NPDES13 07/05/2011 0.000 GPM Instantaneous

NPDES13 07/11/2011 1.950 GPM Instantaneous

NPDES13 07/12/2011 0.440 GPM Instantaneous FIELD PARM'S ONLY

NPDES13 08/01/2011 0.000 GPM Instantaneous

NPDES13 09/01/2011 0.000 GPM Instantaneous

NPDES13 10/05/2011 0.000 GPM Instantaneous

NPDES13 11/03/2011 0.000 GPM Instantaneous

NPDES13 12/05/2011 0.000 GPM Instantaneous

NPDES13 12/28/2011 0.000 GPM Instantaneous

NPDES16 01/13/2011 18.500 GPM Instantaneous

NPDES16 02/22/2011 24.500 GPM Instantaneous

NPDES16 03/16/2011 97.100 GPM Instantaneous

NPDES16 04/05/2011 204.000 GPM Instantaneous

NPDES16 05/10/2011 776.000 GPM Instantaneous

NPDES16 06/06/2011 324.000 GPM Instantaneous

NPDES16 07/06/2011 120.000 GPM Instantaneous

NPDES16 08/09/2011 53.600 GPM Instantaneous

NPDES16 09/12/2011 39.000 GPM Instantaneous

NPDES16 10/03/2011 27.100 GPM Instantaneous

NPDES16 11/03/2011 17.300 GPM Instantaneous

NPDES16 12/08/2011 25.100 GPM Instantaneous

NPDES17 01/13/2011 20.700 GPM Instantaneous

NPDES17 02/22/2011 28.200 GPM Instantaneous

NPDES17 03/16/2011 73.200 GPM Instantaneous

NPDES17 04/05/2011 100.000 GPM Instantaneous

NPDES17 05/31/2011 2,743.000 GPM Instantaneous

NPDES17 06/22/2011 395.000 GPM Instantaneous

NPDES17 07/06/2011 180.000 GPM Instantaneous

NPDES17 08/09/2011 68.000 GPM Instantaneous

NPDES17 09/12/2011 25.500 GPM Instantaneous

NPDES17 10/03/2011 17.400 GPM Instantaneous

NPDES17 11/03/2011 25.700 GPM Instantaneous

NPDES17 12/12/2011 24.900 GPM Instantaneous

NPDES5 01/28/2011 0.000 GPM Instantaneous ROAD CLOSED DUE TO DEEP SNOW, NO FLOW 

LIKELY

NPDES5 02/22/2011 0.000 GPM Instantaneous

NPDES5 03/16/2011 0.000 GPM Instantaneous

NPDES5 03/22/2011 74.600 GPM Instantaneous

NPDES5 04/18/2011 591.000 GPM Instantaneous

NPDES5 05/03/2011 517.000 GPM Instantaneous

NPDES5 06/01/2011 131.200 GPM Instantaneous

NPDES5 07/05/2011 17.100 GPM Instantaneous

NPDES5 08/01/2011 9.350 GPM Instantaneous

NPDES5 09/01/2011 1.550 GPM Instantaneous

NPDES5 10/10/2011 0.000 GPM Instantaneous

NPDES5 11/07/2011 0.500 GPM Instantaneous

NPDES5 12/07/2011 0.000 GPM Instantaneous
NPDES6 01/06/2011 32.000 GPM Instantaneous

NPDES6 02/08/2011 43.800 GPM Instantaneous

NPDES6 03/10/2011 72.800 GPM Instantaneous

NPDES6 04/07/2011 583.000 GPM Instantaneous

NPDES6 05/10/2011 1,265.000 GPM Instantaneous

NPDES6 06/06/2011 555.000 GPM Instantaneous

NPDES6 07/06/2011 233.000 GPM Instantaneous

NPDES6 08/09/2011 108.000 GPM Instantaneous

NPDES6 09/12/2011 78.300 GPM Instantaneous

NPDES6 10/03/2011 66.300 GPM Instantaneous

NPDES6 11/03/2011 62.000 GPM Instantaneous

NPDES6 12/08/2011 51.300 GPM Instantaneous