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Greg Lewicki And Associates, PLLC <br /> \k I' ttt is ( it Pliant: i-2( h S42 0321 I .Ik (3111;,;-() 4,9 i4 <br /> I itilch.n. ( 1) S1112 I -mull Mtn cr I('N ick(.hv <br /> April 20, 2018 <br /> Michael Cunningham <br /> Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety <br /> 1313 Sherman St, Rm 215 <br /> Denver, CO 80203 <br /> RE: Fairplay Au Pit,M-1991-037 <br /> Technical Revision Application <br /> Addition of Road Sump and Discharge Permit Information <br /> Mr. Cunningham: <br /> On December 6, 2017,the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment supplied <br /> High Speed Mining, LLC (the Permittee)with a Compliance Advisory letter. This letter was to <br /> inform the Permittee that CDPHE believed that a discharge or potential to discharge existed at <br /> the Fairplay Au Pit and advised the Permittee to secure a stormwater discharge permit for the <br /> site. High Speed Mining, principally interested in being compliant with all state, local, and <br /> federal laws and regulations that applied to the Fairplay Au Pit, submitted a stormwater <br /> discharge permit application that accurately noted that the site would never discharge water. This <br /> is due, as DRMS knows,to the layout of the site: all disturbed areas of the mine drain to the <br /> mining pit(s)where said stormwater evaporates. <br /> CDPHE responded in February 2018 with a request for more information in order to process the <br /> discharge permit application. CDPHE maintained that the road used to access the river, which is <br /> unrelated to the mining operation, could have stormwater flow from it offsite,thus being a <br /> discharge. High Speed Mining therefore modified its operating plans at the Fairplay Au Pit to <br /> include a small sump at the base of this river access road. This way no runoff from the road <br /> leaves the site, and there is no discharge. In light of this,the stormwater discharge permit <br /> application was withdrawn on March 28, 2018. <br /> This technical revision is to incorporate the river access road sump into the approved DRMS <br /> permit. <br /> Fairplay Au TR 1 <br />