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Henderson Mill 1041 permit approved; company to build treatment plant sized for surplus process water
Summary
Commissioners approved a 1041 permit for Climax (Henderson Mill) to construct a water-treatment plant that will treat surplus process water and discharge to the Williams Fork River under a final CDPHE permit; construction to begin this spring with discharge planned after project completion.
The Grand County Board of County Commissioners on March 4 approved a 1041 permit allowing Climax Molybdenum Company(Henderson Mill) to construct an on-site water-treatment plant at the mill area in Grand County.
Company managers and their consultants told commissioners the project is designed to treat surplus process water that accumulates across the mill/tailings circuit. The proposed facility will treat up to the design flow outlined in the companymaterials (approximately 600 gallons per minute peak processing capability cited in the application) and would discharge treated effluent into the Williams Fork River through an existing pipeline and pump-station outfall. The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment issued a final discharge permit for the project on the Friday before the…
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