Finance Committee Meeting 2006

• Board Meeting Date: 9/19/2006
• Description: Finance Sub-Committee Meeting September 19, 2006
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Meeting

ASARCO Deep Well Monitoring: For ASARCO, the NRM students were held
responsible for the sampling of groundwater and for the continued monitoring of
water quality from each of the wells. This project is ongoing.
Bureau of Reclamation/Environmental Protection Agency Analysis of
Groundwater Movement through the use of Dye Trace analysis. The study is
a proposed remedy design for the contaminated surface water within the area, to
induce communication to the groundwater where it is then channeled to an
existing treatment plant. In order to determine whether this type of hydrologic
communication truly exists, a dye trace study was implemented. The students
were responsible for the documentation of field procedures, quality
assurance/quality control procedures, and health and safety procedures. They
were then responsible for sample collection, documentation, tracking, and
shipping.
Climax Molybdenum Mine — Jones Pit Reclamation: For the Climax Mine, the
NRM students surveyed and designed a land rehabilitation project for a disturbed
pit mine site. Their plan was accepted by the Mine and is currently being
implemented.
Lake Fork Watershed Working Group Coordination: For the BLM, BOR,
USFWS, USFS, Lake County and the land owners within the Watershed, the
NRM is acting as a coordinating entity in order to convey existing information to
be used for remediation effort design. The CMC NRM provides the oversight
coordination activities necessary to communicate project activities within and
amongst the landowners and trustees. The students are responsible for the
design and implementation of a watershed scale investigative study to determine
tithe existing and historic contaminant loading areas (both point and nonpoint
sources).
Evans Gulch Feasibility Study: There are several facets to this project. A
description of each is as follows:
1) Parkville Water Supply— Control of contaminated run-on and run-off waters.
It was demonstrated that features of the IBEX/IRENE mining complex would
potentially contribute to metals loading within the potable water supply for the
City of Leadville. Pro-active design and engineering was implemented in
order to control these features. CMC NRM was responsible for the design
hydrology aspects, as well as the oversight of the project.
2) Access and Public Notice — CMC NRM was responsible for corresponding
with all potentially affected landowners associated with the re-engineering of
the hydrology features to protect the potable water supply.
3) Cultural Resource Inventory and Impact Assessment— as part of the Historic
Preservation Act requirements, any federal action requires an assessment of
the cultural resources. As part of the hydrology re-engineering, the features
that were within the footprint of disturbance were inventoried. CMC NRM was
responsible for determining the impacts of the project to these features. They