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Gold Hill Mill Pipeline Easement: The amended permit area will be <br /> enlarged by 0.539 acres to include the sub-area affected by the two (2) <br /> inch diameter pipeline and a five (5) foot area of disturbance along the <br /> length of the Gold Hill Mill Pipeline. <br /> Times Mine Adit Portal: The amended permit area will be enlarged by <br /> 0.002 acres to include the sub-area affected by the land surface <br /> necessary to gain access to the Times Mine adit. <br /> 11. Primary Future (Post-Mining/Milling) Land Use <br /> No Change: Forestry (FIR) and Open Space <br /> 12. Primary Present Land Use <br /> No Change: Forestry (FR) and Open Space <br /> 13. Designated Chemicals and/or Acid Mine Drainage <br /> Not Applicable to this Amendment <br /> 14. Description of Project <br /> The Gold Hill Mill is a permitted mineral processing facility, constructed to <br /> process ores from certain mines authorized by the DRMS located in the <br /> Gold Hill Mining District. The Gold Hill Mill's Waterline was initially <br /> installed in 1987, with a three (3) inch pipeline that extended from Left <br /> Hand Creek to the Times Mine adit portal. Water was pumped from Left <br /> Hand Creek on numerous occasions by the then permitted operator, Gold <br /> Hill Ventures, Limited Partnership. During the period that COM, Inc. was <br /> the permitted operator of the Gold Hill Mill, the lower portion of the water <br /> pipeline was replaced with a two (2) inch pipeline, and water was pumped <br /> to the Times Mine on several occasions during the period when the mill <br /> was controlled by that operator. A portable Bean pump was used to pump <br /> the water from Left Hand Creek to the Times Mine. The pipeline from <br /> these initial pumping operations is still in place, and will be removed when <br /> the new pipeline is installed. <br /> The Colorado Milling Company, LLC (CMC) will draw water from a point of <br /> diversion on the Gold Gulch No. 3 unpatented mining claim located on the <br /> South bank of Left Hand Creek at an elevation of 7,613 feet. The Gold <br /> Gulch No. 3 unpatented mining claim is owned by CMC. The pumping <br /> station will be situated in a 10 by 8 foot metal "conex" container, where a <br /> three-stage Bean pump and a generator will be housed. CMC is including <br /> 11,151 feet of surface disturbance on the North and South sides of the <br /> "conex" for service access to the pumping station. The total amount of <br /> 3 <br />