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JAN-12-99 19:12 From:CCiV GOLD tN9. <br />• <br />171966932 <br />Cripple Creek & Vlctor Gold Mining Company <br />~~ <br />SENT VIA FACSIMII.E <br />A Joln[ venWro • Plkae Peek Mining Companµ Merupar <br />~y~7 OperatlonaO(flee <br />(,~,, P.O. Box 191, 100 E. 3rd Street <br />Victor, CO 80860 <br />(718) 688-2977 • FAX (719) 699.3256 <br />January 12, 1999 <br />Mr. Berhan Kefflew <br />Environmental Protection Specialist <br />Colorado Deparnnent of Natural Resources <br />Division of Minerals and Geology <br />Office of Mined Land Reclamation <br />1313 Sherman Street, Room 215 <br />Denver, Colorado 80203 <br />Re: R~tfy ..et to Utiliz Wat r from Pond 4A~n~ Hurt S ~~nrpstyon Aetivitg <br />Dear Mr. Kefflew: <br />T-299III IIIIIIIIIIIIIIII <br />999 <br />Cripple Creek & Victor Gold Mining Company ("CC&V") requests approval to utilize water from <br />Pond 4A for dust suppression on the mine roads and valley leech facility roads within the permit <br />boundary for the Cresson Project Previously, water has been pumped from Pond 4A to 4C, prior <br />to use for dust suppression purposes. Removal of water from Pond 4A for dust suppression will <br />eliminate the need to routinely drain the water line between the ponds and minimize the potential <br />for the line to freeze. It will also allow the water line to be repaired when frozen, without <br />interfering with the removal of water for dust suppression. <br />Attached is a table that provides a comparison of the various pazameter values from the most recent <br />analyses from Ponds 4A and 4C, as well as the data from Pond 4C included in your approval letter <br />dated April 12, 1995. A copy of the April 12, 19951etter is also attached for your information. <br />The metals and total atnmonia values for the samples collected in late 1998 from Ponds 4A and 4C <br />are very similar, and well below the Pond 4C values contained in your letter dated April 12, 1995. <br />The weak acid dissociable cyanide ("CNW~p') concentration for Pond 4A is higher than the values <br />reported for Pond 4C, but is still considerably lower than the 0.2 mg/1 standazd for this parameter. <br />We would appreciate your prompt review of this information and written acknowledgment that the <br />use of water from Pond 4A for dust suppression is an acceptable practice. With this approval, <br />CC&V will continue to comply with the conditions specified in the April 12, 19951etter. If you <br />have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me at 719-689-4041. <br />Sincerely, <br />~~ ~- ~~ <br />Scott A. Lewis <br />Manager, Environmental Affairs <br />Enclosures <br />