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<br />SUNNYSIDE GOLD CORPORATION <br />AN EC31C DAY COMPANY <br />P.O. Box 177 • Silverton, CO 81433 <br />Phone (970) 387-5533 • Fax (970) 387-5310 <br />December 15, 2008 <br />Mr. Wally Erickson, Reclamation Specialist <br />Division of Reclamation Mining and Safety <br />Department of Natural Resources - - - ' " <br />701 Camino del Rio, Room 125 <br />Durango, CO 81301 <br />°-msved <br />DEC 3) 0 2008 <br />ice <br />Division of He-clam ,:ion, <br />_Mining and. Safety <br />RE: File N M-1977-378 <br />TR-30 Submittal <br />Sunnyside Basin Permit Area Water Quality Monitoring Termination Request <br />Dear Mr. Erickson: <br />Sunnyside Gold Corporation (SGC) submits this Technical Revision to request <br />termination of the Sunnyside Basin permit area water quality monitoring requirements. <br />This monitoring consists of one station (EC-1) located on Eureka Creek above any <br />influence from the Terry Tunnel permit area. <br />Monitoring point EC-1 was established to monitor water quality impacts from surface <br />mining (Amendment 3) in Sunnyside Basin (1988-1989). The disturbance consisted of <br />two small surface mine areas (Washington pit and Sunnyside/No Name pit). Reclamation <br />was started on these pits in 1991 along with the Lake Emma subsidence that was enlarged <br />by underground mining prior to 1988 and some of the historic mine dumps in the vicinity <br />of these three features. Final grading and planting was completed in 1993. Since <br />completion of the Sunnyside Basin reclamation plan in 1993, maintenance of the Lake <br />Emma subsidence area has been the only site activity. This maintenance work has <br />occurred almost annually since 1993. All other areas impacted by the surface mining <br />projects and the borrow areas for filling the Lake Emma hole have been released from the <br />permit area (late 1990's - AR-1). The current permit area consists of the Lake Emma <br />subsidence area and the area to the south of the Lake Emma subsidence where sediments <br />from the lake area were placed. <br />Annual maintenance work on the Lake Emma subsidence area has reduced as the ice <br />underneath the fill melted and allowed consolidation and stabilization of the fill. The