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CC&V Wildlife Protection Plan S&ER Department THIS DOCUMENT IS UNCONTROLLED IN HARD COPY FORMAT Doc Id: NNA-CCV-ER-Plan - E_042 CCV S&ER Date of This Issue: 2/20/2019 Date of Next Review: 2/20/2022 Page 5 of 13 3 Maintenance and Inspections of Preventive Measures 3.1 Inspections All process and mine operation areas are inspected on a daily and weekly basis. Each department on site conduct inspections as it peritonitis to their work area. For example: • Process is responsible for inspecting process areas such as, lined process ponds and the Valley Leach Facilities. • Mine Operations is responsible for inspecting excavated and disturbed areas stormwater sumps and ponds, the Ames and Crusher ponds and highwalls that pertain to mining operations. • Departments that have the potential to have spilled product are responsible for evaluating their areas and managing the cleanup of spills that occur. • Exploration is responsible for excavations (sumps) and other exploration related projects. • The Projects Department is responsible for inspections of sites that are under construction and related activities. • Inspections should ensure preventive measures are in place to meet the criteria detailed under Section 2. “Preventive Measures within Respective Areas of Activity”, of this plan. All personnel are responsible for inspections in their areas shall be trained by the S&ER Department on what to look for as it pertinent to wildlife, how to document it, and how to report the information to the S&ER Department. If repairs are determined necessary, they will be completed within a timeframe appropriate to the risk. 3.2 Maintenance Preventive measures should be maintained to meet the criteria detailed under Section 2, Preventive Measures within Respective Areas of Activity”, of this plan, until the reclamation bond for a given area has been released or reclaimed to the extent that wildlife are no longer exposed to potential risks outlined herein. 4 Legacy Considerations 4.1 Reclamation Habitat management and creation, as part of CC&V’s Reclamation Plan, should be directed toward encouraging the diversity of both game and non-game species, and shall provide protection, rehabilitation or improvement of wildlife habitat. Mine personnel are encouraged to contact the S&ER department if they have suggestions for enhancing site practices that promote biodiversity and habitat creation. Creativity in reclamation (within suitable reclamation guidelines) is encouraged to randomly incorporate features that promote wildlife habitat diversity and mimic natural, un-disturbed conditions through methods and goals such as: • Variability in slope direction and severity to increase differential snow drifting and subsequent microclimate diversity. • Dozer pockets • Boulder piles • Motte or clump woody vegetation re-establishment • Woody vegetation travel, cover, and browse corridors.