PERMFILE110787

• Permit No: M2007031
• IBM Index Class Name: Permit File
• Doc Date: 5/29/2007
• Doc Name: Permit Application Adequacy
• From: DRMS
• To: The Turquoise Connections Inc.
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

STATE OF COLORADO
DIVISION OF RECLAMATION, MINING AND SAFETY
Department of Natural Resources
1313 Sherman St., Room 215
Denver, Colorado 80203
Phone: [phone]
FAX: [phone]
May 29, 2007
Mr. Foster Scott
The Turquoise Connections Inc, /
910 Phay Ave.
Canon City, Colorado 81212-2160

COLORADO
DIVISION OF
RECLAMATION
MINING
- &-
SAFETY
Bill Ritter, Jr.
Governor
Hanis D. Sherman
Executive Director
Ronald W. Cottony
Division Director
/ Natural Resource Trustee
RE: M-2007-031 Scott Blue # 2 Permit Application adequacy.
Dear Mr. Scott,
The Division has reviewed your permit application for a 110 which converts the
entire NOI covered under P-1998-003 covering a total of 1.7 acres. The 110
permit proposes to utilize the areas permitted under the NOI and not expand the
affected acreage. Once the permit is approved the N02, will be terminated. The
operation does not plan to utilize any kind of chemicals to extract the gold
and no chemicals of any kind are allowed to be stored on site.
The review of the 110 permit application has the following comments.
I) Exhibit "B" Site Description.
a) Under the exhibit you stated that "This is a zero discharge mine". Yet
above the statement you said the facility has a Colorado Discharge
Permit. If it is a Zero discharge permit, what is the waste water
discharge permit from CDOH&E? Please Explain.
II) Exhibit "C" Mining Plan.
a) Under the exhibit, you stated that "the depth of trench will not exceed
60 feet maximum and 60 feet maximum width. The processing area will
consist of 100 tons? Hour maximum. Waste water from this operation will
then enter a series of three small inter connected settling ponds to
allow the filtering of sediment particles before it is returned to the
retention pond. This is a closed system loop water recycling system and
therefore zero discharge. The wash plant requires 300-600gpm to operate
efficiently". Where is the location of these settling ponds?
b) What is the source of your water?
c) Are the current existing lined pond and the trenched area going to be
the two ponds? Since the trench was also noted with lots of water from
the storms that occurred in the area, how do you plan to process ore
during an event, which will likely fill up the trench, which appeared to
be your mining area?
d) Are there plans to construct a diversion structure to convey the water
away from the trench, since it is in the middle of the ephemeral gulch?
Please explain.
e) At the rate your operation is envisioned to operate, Tuesday thru
Saturday, unless your waste water discharge permit listed under Exhibit
"F" covers the probable discharge from the ponds, or these ponds are
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