2007-06-29_PERMIT FILE - C1981022A (2)

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Sarian - 2.05.4 protection, and health and safety standards. Specific compliance control and monitoring practices are identified and discussed in Sections 2.05.3, Operation Plan - Pernuc Area, and 2.05.4, Reclamation Plan. In addition, OMI has obtained and maintains ongoutg compliance with required air quality permits administered by the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment -Air Pollution Control Division, water quality permits administered by the Colorado Depanment of Public Health and Environment -Water Quality Control Division, mine health and safety approvals under the Federal Mine Safety and Health Administration, and a number of other Federal, State, and local permits and approvak. A full listing of existing approved permits a provided in Section 2.03.10, Identification of Other Licenses and Permits, and current copies of these other permits are provided in Exhibit 2.03-E4, Other Permits. OMI haz maintained an effective record of permit compliance during their management and operation of the Oxbow mining operations. To date, there have been no major violations of any mine environmental or health and safety standards tinder OMI's operation and there have been no minor violations within the past three years as documented in Section 2.03.5, Compliance Information. 2.05.5 -Postmining Land Use OMI proposes to return surface areas disturbed by mining and related activities to a postmining land use of undeveloped lands utilized for very limited grazing and dispersed wildlife habitat and recreational rues with the potential for small-scale industriaUmining operations installations adjacent to the existing highway comdor. The proposed postmining land use is consistent with both the premining condition and ]and use as described in Section 2.04.3, Site Description and Land Use Information and Gunnison County land use designations (for those areaz within Gunnison Count}. Delta County has not adopted fomtali7xd zoning or land use designatioris. Restoration of duttubed • lands consistent with the proposed postmining ]and will be accomplished through application of the reclamation methods, techniques, and activities identified and described in Section 2.05.4, Reclamation Plan, and detailed and illustrated in both the Postmining Topography and Land Use Maps, (Maps 2.05-M6 through 2.05-M8), and Exhibit 2.05-E5, Reclamation Details. Areas that are either currently disturbed or will be disturbed in the future that will be reclaimed and returned to the proposed postmining land use are owned or controlled by either OMI or the United States az indicated by the Surface Ownership Map, (Map 2.03-M1). Consistent with and in support of the proposed postmitting land use, the following developed features will be retained or established during site reclamation: • Portions of the Bear Creek Facilities area, Bear Creek degazsification site and Lower Hubbard Creek Facilities area will be reclaimed and returned to undeveloped/public use consistent with the objective of maintaining access to adjacent public lands. • Affected segmenu of Bear Canyon, Lower Hubbard Creek, and Upper Hubbard Creek roads and anyassociated culverts will be retained for landowner and public access. • The Upper Hubbard Creek Facilities area will be reclaimed az a parking lot and trailhead to provide access to adjacent U.S. Forest Service lands. • The existing culinary water supply, treatment, and storage system will be retained to continue to supply domestic water to the Town of Somerset. • The West Valley haul road will be left in place and maybe partially reckumed or modified • to reduce iu width in order to provide continued public access to the Somerset Cemetery, the 200,000 gallon culinary water tank, and Elk Creek Canyon. • The Elk Creek road will be retained to provide continued access up Elk Creek Canyon. PR04 2.05-70 Revised August 2000