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NPDES Permit for Meridian Beartrack Mine in Idaho

Transfer of permitting authority to Idaho. As of July 1, 2019, EPA has transferred authority to administer and enforce this permit to the Idaho Department of Environmental Quality. For more information, visit Idaho Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (IPDES) Program.

Below are EPA's National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) final permit and supporting documents for Meridian Beartrack Mine in Idaho.

Permit number: ID0027022
Effective date: December 1, 2003
Modified: October 30, 2006
Permit expires: October 31, 2008 (administratively continued)

2003 NPDES Permit, Meridian Beartrack Mine, Idaho #ID0027022 (pdf) (361.13 KB, October 31, 2003)
Final discharge permit (see also 2003 and 2006 permit modifications).
2003 NPDES Permit Modification, Meridian Beartrack Mine, Idaho, #ID0027022 (pdf) (161.72 KB, November 2003)
Minor modification to 2003 final permit.
2006 NPDES Permit Modification, Meridian Beartrack Mine, Idaho, #ID0027022 (pdf) (46.04 KB, October 30, 2006)
Final modification to 2003 permit.
2002 NPDES Permit Fact Sheet, Meridian Beartrack Mine, Idaho #ID0027022 (pdf) (1.76 MB, June 2002)
Technical basis for permit.
2006 NPDES Permit Modification Fact Sheet, Meridian Beartrack Mine, Idaho, #ID0027022 (pdf) (54.9 KB, September 2006)
Technical basis for permit modification.
2003 Response to Comments on Draft NPDES Permit for Meridian Beartrack Mine, Idaho #ID0027022 (pdf) (372.87 KB, October 2003)
EPA's responses to public comments on the June 2002 draft permit.
2006 Response to Comments on Draft NPDES Permit Modification, Meridian Beartrack Mine, Idaho, #ID0027022 (pdf) (10.9 KB, October 2006)
EPA's responses to public comments on the September 2006 draft permit modification.