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•~ <br />STANDARD MILLING <br />Sunnyside Mine <br />C77-378 <br />Acreage totals for those .areas listed on pages one through eight come to <br />O approximately acres while 140 acres is indicated as the affected acreage <br />on the application form. <br />Are all tailings areas in existance (previous disturbance)? Paragraph b <br />page 9 references diversion ditches above the affected lands. Are these <br />outside the permit area? <br />/.~, Is tailings pond 4i4 the only tailings impoundment that will be utilized in <br />C.~~ the future? <br />Are all tailings areas at their maximum size? <br />What will be the ultimate height of the tailings pond embankments? How will <br />tailings be contained2 How will tailings pond U4 affect Highway 110? What <br />O is the emergency tailings area used for? In other words, are there potential <br />hazards that require the maintenance of an emergency tailings area? Please <br />clarify. <br />What happens to the water after it is piped to the settling ponds? <br />Is there currently no requirement for a NPDES permit on the settling ponds <br />(~~ given the close proximity to the Animas River? <br />//~~ What amounts of earth moving will be required as referenced in paragraph 3 <br />LJ of page 10 of the mining plant <br />~-~ What equipment will be utilized in handling the ore once it has been removed <br />1.~~ to the surface. <br />/~ What amounts of waste rock are generated by the mining operation? Are surfs <br />~ disposal sites needed to handle any waste? <br />~~ Areas on the index maps should be designated as to affected or permit area. <br />- Acreages referenced on Page 14 Exhibit E Reclamation Plan does not total <br />ce <br />;~~ 132 acres as stated. Inactive tailings comprising 55.5 acres when compared <br />~ ~ to the legal description of inactive tailings areas 1, 2,=30.10 acres, <br />21.60 acres sad. respectively~is incorrect. Please clarify. <br />+~ In what manner will reclamation of pond 04 begin and proceed with growth of <br />the pond? <br />What are tailings areas dams/embankments constructed of? How will they be <br />~l stabilized? What runoff problems/erosion may occur on these faceal How <br />will Standard Metals handle this potential problem? In addition, what <br />measures will Standard Metals take to ensure revegetation of these steep <br />slopes (1:1, 2:1 and 2.5:1)? <br />~ ~, <br />~~ Si What equipment will be utilized in the reclamation plan and how? <br />,~:, What amounts of peat will be spread over the tailings areas. <br /> - , <br /> ... - <br /> <br />~..~ <br />.;• ~ ~ - <br />