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There will be no surface water quality impacts, other than storm water runoff that will be <br />controlled through appropriate storm water runoff measures. (All ore will be stored in the <br />existing ore bins.) In addition, the operation will be anon-surface water discharge facility. <br />Therefore, there will be no significant impacts to near surface ground water or surface water <br />quality. COAG maintains, at least for the proposed prospecting activity, that ground water <br />monitoring is not necessary at this time. <br />COAG will obtain all necessary permits required by the Water Quality Control Division, <br />Department of Public Health and Environment. Regardless, COAG will implement its own <br />Stromwater Management Plan. These measures will ensure that impacts to surface and <br />ground water quality will be minimized. <br />7. The proposed prospecting operation will require potable water and water for underground <br />exploration activities. Potable water will be purchased locally and hauled to the site. Water for <br />underground exploration activities will be obtained from existing pools of water in the existing <br />workings deeper in the Franklin Mine. <br />8. The requirements to describe how COAG will reclaim surface stockpiles does not apply <br />since there will not be any material stockpiled at the surface. As stated above, all ore brought to <br />the surface will be placed in the existing ore bins. Any waste rock will be disposed in existing <br />underground workings in the dry areas of the mine. <br />9. This item is addressed in # 6.1 and 6.2 above. <br />10. Please refer to the revised affected area map. The only structures to be utilized by the <br />proposed prospecting activity will be the shaft for ventilation (not the abandoned host house), the <br />functional host house and shaft for access and existing storage bins. These structures are the <br />property of the landowner. The landowner has given COAG permission to use these structures <br />during its prospecting operation. The ventilation shaft will have a DRMS approved cover. The <br />hoist house and ore storage bins will remain upon completion of the prospecting operation at the <br />request of the landowner and in a condition as specified in the landowner/COAG use agreement. <br />COAG will bring on site a portable office facility for use during the prospecting operation. No <br />other existing on-site structures or possible constructed structures will be used by COAG, unless <br />the Division is notified and COACT receives Division approval. <br />