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EXHIBIT T - DESIGNATED MINING OPERATION ENVIRONMENTAL <br />PROTECTION PLAN <br />1. General Plan <br />The Monogram Mine is a surface outcrop remaining in an old uranium mining claim formerly <br />known as the "Monogram Pit". This Environmental Protection Plan is being submitted because <br />the project is classified as a Designated Mining Operation by the DRMA because "toxic or acid- <br />forming materials will be exposed or disturbed as a result of mining operations." Although <br />uranium ore will be disturbed during the removal of this "knob" of remaining ore, in the long <br />term, the exposed ore will be removed and reclaimed aiding in returning the site to a better <br />wildlife habitat and recreation area. As previously described and demonstrated by surface <br />radiometric survey, this is a historical mining region with an abundance of uranium bearing <br />minerals exposed at the surface. Removing one concentrated site is of benefit to the general <br />public. <br />The potential and temporary generation of "toxic" materials could be from natural precipitation <br />impacting three aspects of the mining plan: (a) disturbance and storage of the waste rock; (b) <br />disturbance and exposure of ore bearing rocks at the mining site; and (c) temporary storage of <br />ore rock in the ore bins. The mining plan is described in Exhibit D and the reclamation in <br />Exhibit E. Both the ore and waste rocks are currently exposed at the surface and chemical <br />analyses of each are included in Appendix B. <br />(a) The waste rock or barren cap rock will be replaced in the pit as ore is removed as part <br />of the continuing reclamation of the mine site. Excess ore will be placed as a berm on bedrock at <br />the south side of the mine area to correspond to the natural drainage that exists and to prevent <br />run-on from entering the mine area where: <br />(b) The ore will be broken in place and as much as possible loaded directly into ore <br />hauling trucks for delivery to the mill. The ore will be shipped as soon as practical after being <br />broken in place or stored for brief periods of time in the ore bins to be constructed at the west <br />end of the permit area. The current configuration of the mine area has precipitation draining off <br />the cliffs on the east side or draining into the pit area. That configuration will be maintained <br />during mining with an addition of an earthen berm at the east end of the pit to further confine <br />run-off from leaving the site. The pit will effectively function as a sediment trap and any run-off <br />collected in the pit will be utilized for dust mitigation. Surface Water Control, which follows, <br />any major precipitation event will be directed around the mine and that which falls directly on <br />the mine will be contained in the pit sediment trap area before continuing down the slopes as it <br />has done for hundreds of years. <br />(c) The ore bins will be used storage or grade control (mixing higher grade ore with <br />lower grade prior to shipping to the mill). The bins are designed to direct any runoff from the <br />ore stockpile to a 50 gallon sump to be located at the down slope corner of the bins. Ore will be <br />shipped as frequently as possible and will not remain in the bins for any significant time period. <br />Furthermore, the bins will be covered when not being loaded or unloaded, on weekends, <br />holidays, or periods of inactivity. Thus the run-off potentially collected in the sump will be <br />minimal and used for dust abatement at the mine or during loading trucks.