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ResponseSpill and CountermeasuresNEWMONT .r the Cresson Project Sustainability& External Relations 1 GENERAL INFORMATION 1.1 Purpose The purpose of this combined Spill Response Plan (SRP)and Spill Prevention, Control and Countermeasures(SPCC) Plan (The Plan) is to describe the measures implemented by Cripple Creek&Victor Gold Mining Company(CC&V) to prevent oil discharges from occurring at the Cresson Project Operations located in the Cripple Creek Mining District of Colorado,and to prepare CC&V Team Members(all employees)of CC&V to respond in a safe, effective and timely manner to mitigate the impacts of a discharge.Additionally,this Plan is to provide guidance to protect water quality through containment of potential soil and water contaminants.The Plan assesses the potential for contaminant releases,describes the controls to prevent contaminant releases,and provides instruction for responding to contaminant releases. Federal and State Reportable Quantities(RQs)are used to determine agency reporting and remediation requirements as appropriate.This Plan is a combined plan that serves as both CC&V's SPCC Plan and SRP. The procedures and policies described herein apply to the activities of all CC&V Team Members and to other persons on site under CC&V supervision or contract. Distribution of this Plan is to be restricted to CC&V employees, contractors, and applicable government agencies/organizations.This Plan serves as the main SPCC plan for the CC&V at the Cresson Project Operations in the following areas: • Ironclad Facility and New Truck Shop(NITS) • Midway Fuel Farm (MFF); • Crusher Facilities; • Adsorption Desorption Recovery(ADR-1) Plant: • Process Solution Enhancement System (PSES) Facility; • High Grade Mill (HGM) Facility;and • Squaw Gulch Adsorption Desorption Recovery(ADR-2) Facility. • Mobile Service Equipment It is CC&V's policy to prevent releases to the environment of petroleum products and hazardous substances that may pose a threat to human health and/or the environment.Any releases that do occur and which are not in compliance with applicable Federal and State requirements expressed in site-specific permits or applicable regulations must be appropriately contained, remediated, recorded and reported. This Plan has been prepared to meet the requirements of Title 40,Code of Federal Regulations, Part 112 (40 CFR Part 112),and supersedes any earlier Plan developed to meet provisions in effect since 1974. CC&V Management has determined that this facility does not pose a risk for substantial harm under 40 CFR Part 112,as recorded in the"Substantial Harm Determination included in Section 2.3. This Plan has been prepared to meet the requirements of 40 Code of Federal Regulations(CFR ) Part 112(40 CFR Part 112)for CC&V's SPCC Plan and the requirements of the Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining, and Safety (DRMS), and supersedes any earlier Plan developed to meet provisions in effect since 1974. In addition to this Plan,the SRP has been prepared in accordance with the requirements of 40 CFR Part 110,40 CFR Part 112,40 CFR Part 116,40 CFR Part 117,and 40 CFR Part 125.These references are on file with Sustainability and External Relations Department(S&ER).The scope of this SRP goes beyond the requirements of the SPCC regulations at 40 CFR Part 112 by not only addressing liquid petroleum products but also other hazardous substances that have been listed pursuant to the Clean Water Act(CWA)(§311(b)(2)) per 40 CFR Part 125(CWA hazardous substances subject to this SRP are listed in regulations in Table 116.4A(alphabetically)and Table 116.46 (by CAS number). Examples of listed substances are: Chlorine, Hydrochloric Acid, Hydrogen Cyanide, Nitrogen Dioxide,Sodium Cyanide, and Sulfuric Acid.) (References are on file with S&ER) including: -- - ---- - - ---- ------ - - - ------ - ------ -- - -- -------- - Department THIS DOCUMENT IS UNCONTROLLED IN HARDCOPY FORMAT Doc Id:NA 1930