2008-05-05_PERMIT FILE - M2008006 ‎(2)‎

• Permit No: M2008006
• IBM Index Class Name: PERMIT FILE
• Doc Date: 5/5/2008
• Doc Name: Objection tp permit application
• From: March, Olive & Pharris, LLC
• To: DRMS
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety
Colorado Deparhnent of Natural Resources
OS/01 /08
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10. The Applicant should be required to conduct monitoring during the first year of
operations to insure that the Air Quality Impact Model provided by the Applicant is both
accurate and satisfactory;
11. The Applicant should be required to obtain a Colorado Air Emissions Permit;
12. The Applicant should be required to pave the internal road from the scale to all exist
roads it constructs from the site in order to control dust from the site.
13. The Applicant should be required to provide a satisfactory Fugitive Dust Control Plan
and conduct its activities in strict accordance with such Plan and the Colorado Air
Emissions Permit;
14. The Applicant should be required to obtain a Colorado Process and Stormwater
Discharge Permit;
15. The Applicant should be required to provide a satisfactory Stormwater Management Plan
and conduct its activities in strict accordance with the Plan and the Colorado Process and
Stormwater Discharge Permit;
16. The Applicant should be required to provide a satisfactory Noise Mitigation Plan
showing that all noise levels from the development and operation of the SerFer Pit will at
all times comply with all federal, state, and local noise control laws, ordinances, rules,
and regulations, and then conduct its activities in strict accordance with the Plan and such
laws, ordinances, rules, and regulations. The Noise Mitigation Plan should include, but
not be limited to the following:
a. All MSHA safety backup beepers should be monitored and their sound levels
reduced to the lowest allowed by MSHA,
b. All generators, crushers, and mechanical equipment should be equipped with
satisfactory baffles and enclosures, which incorporate sound deadening measures
such as walls with sandbags or insulation or portable screens,
c. The stockpiles on the site should be located in such a way as to satisfactorily
reduce noise to the adjoining residents and homeowners' associations. Stockpiles
should be located to reflect noise away from nearby residential areas. However,
stockpiles should not exceed 30 feet in height.
d. For all phases of the development and operation of the SerFer Pit, the mine face
should be opened away from the adjoining residential areas, keeping the working
face of operations oriented away from such residential areas,