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3 OTHER AGENCY'S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION MEASURES AND MONITORING <br />Air and water standards are set by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and <br />administered by the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment ( CDPHE). <br />Exceedances of these standards, or any releases are reported to those agencies. In addition, <br />the issue requires reporting of the emergency condition to DRMS per Rule 8.2. <br />The regulation requires the operator to notify the DRMS office, as soon as reasonably <br />practicable, but no later than twenty -four (24) hours, after the operator has knowledge of a <br />failure or of imminent failure of: any impoundment, embankment, stockpile or slope that <br />poses a reasonable potential for danger to human health, property or the environment; for a <br />designated mining operation, any Environmental Protection Facility designed to contain or <br />control designated chemicals or process solutions as identified in the permit. Telephone notice <br />shall be given to the Office staff as follows: (a) during regular business hours (8:00 am to 5:00 <br />pm, on working days), the notice shall be given to the Office. (b) outside regular business <br />hours, or if the Office cannot be contacted, notice shall be given to the Colorado Department of <br />Local Affairs, Office of Emergency Management. Specify to this agency, that the emergency <br />authority is coordinated through the Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety, and to activate <br />that Division's response network. <br />4 OTHER PERMITS AND LICENSES <br />Potential features that might require permitting include air quality and emissions; surface water <br />quality, storm -water runoff; and solid and hazardous wastes. At this time there no discharges <br />anticipated to surface waters, ground waters, nor are there an exceedances of air quality <br />standards that require permits. A letter has been issued by the CPDHE stating that no storm - <br />water permit is required for this operation. Any reagents and chemicals that might be used on <br />the site are anticipated to be consumed or reacted so that no hazardous concentrations of any <br />compounds remain. If any hazardous materials might be generated in the future, they will be <br />handled according to applicable regulatory standards including those set by the EPA, CPPHE, <br />and Department of Transportation (DOT) as related to transport of solid waste. In summary, no <br />other licenses are known to be necessary for the current operation. <br />2 <br />