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• that may have contacted the uranium ore. As shown in Appendix A, leaching of the ore has the <br />potential to generate elevated levels of uranium, radium, and trace metals. The ore will be stored only <br />temporarily on site and all ore will be removed prior to site reclamation as discussed in Exhibit E. In <br />addition, the 3.5 feet of total liner cover material and the liner will be removed and placed in a dry <br />portion of the mine prior to reclamation of the pad. <br />A front-end loader will load the ore into haul trucks. Fugitive dust will be minimal because the ore will <br />have a high moisture content and the loading area will be treated with magnesium chloride to seal the <br />pad surface. The truck beds will be covered with tarps prior to leaving the mine site to prevent the <br />generation of fugitive dust during haulage. Initially, approximately twenty trucks per week will be <br />loaded and sent to the mill. As production increases to 200 tons per day, truck traffic will increase to <br />an average of about forty roundtrips per week. Weather conditions, haul truck availability, mill <br />demands, and other factors may result in periods of increased haulage of up to eighty roundtrips per <br />week (i.e., sixteen trips per workday). The primary haulage route will be via Mesa County roads to <br />Colorado Highway 141 just south of Gateway. Three secondary routes via Grand County, Utah roads <br />• to Utah highways may also be used, especially in the summer when weather conditions are more <br />favorable. <br />Ore haulage will be performed by contractors who will be required to: obtain all necessary permits and <br />clearances, follow Department of Transportation regulations including establishment of spill control <br />plans, and obey Colorado and Utah traffic laws. <br />7. Water Treatment Area <br />A portable water treatment plant and associated tanks were installed on site as part of DRMS and <br />BLM-approved prospecting activities. Energy Fuels proposes to use these existing facilities during <br />mining operations to treat mine water and ore pad runoff. Water treatment and discharge is expected to <br />be intermittent, as most of the mine water will be used for drilling, dust suppression, and other mining <br />activities. The water treatment facilities are located north of 5/10 Road as shown on Map C-2. Topsoil <br />was removed from this area and the subsoil was graded and compacted prior to installing the water <br />• <br />Whirlwind Mine 07 (rev. April 08) D-15 <br />