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Final -Restoration and Compliance Plan for May Day Idaho Mine Complex <br />Administrative Order for Compliance, Docket No. CWA-08-2012-0011 <br />The Order states that the required wetland mitigation monitoring report dated December 30, <br />2009 was not complete. The version of NWP 14 which was autnorizeq for this work expirea on <br />March 18, 2012. The new version of NWP 14, which is very similar to the prior version, went <br />into effect on March 19, 2012. <br />The Order also alleges that fill was discharged into the channel of Little Deadwood Gulch in the <br />spring of 2010 in association with construction of an access road to the Chief Portal. <br />Observations of this area in May 2012 indicated that a road and pad were constructed at this <br />location. <br />4.0 RESTORATION AND COMPLIANCE PLAN -ACTIVITIES INCLUDED IN THE <br />.~.~ <br />The Restoration Plan includes: 1) modification of the fill at the Chief Portal to construct a stable <br />fill/culvert crossing, and 2) the reconstruction of the Mine Access Road and retaining wall, <br />including removal of incidental soil and rock which have been discharged into the fringe of the <br />wetland at this location. The plan for the access road also included construction of a stormwater <br />detention pond. <br />It should be noted that the work on the Mine Access Road was completed in May-June of 2014. <br />Work on the Chief Portal is planned to be completed early in the summer of 2016. <br />The basis for the work and detailed work plans are including in Section 5.3. <br />Existing conditions ~t the two areas are shov~n on Figures 3a ar~d 3b. (The conditions shown an <br />Figure 3a at the Mine Access Road were those that existed in 2010 prior to completion of the <br />work on the road.) The fioilowing sequer~ee o'f work applies to both areas: <br />1. Any required Best Management Practices for stormwater control will be installed and the <br />limits of work and wetlands will be clearly marked in the field. <br />2. Earthwork will be completed, as specified in the plan for each area. <br />3. Any excess fill material will be transported using designated mine roads and disposed of <br />in a designated stockpile area located in an upland away from any water bodies or <br />wetlands. <br />June 2016 Bikis Water Consultants, a division of SGM Page 5 <br />Case 1:16-cv-02008-WYD Document 2 Filed 08/08/16 USDC Colorado Page 35 of 82