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7. Facilities Evaluation <br />Maps and drawings describing the facility layout are described in Exhibit C and/or included in <br />Appendix K - Maps and Figures. The Last Chance Mine site is at an old mine location. The <br />office, storage (C-Cans), and sanitary facilities, waste dump and ore stockpiles are ideally <br />located on a previously reclaimed flat area which will be the staging area for mining and drilling <br />activities. <br />Monitoring activities will include quarterly checking of the two groundwater monitoring wells <br />described in Exhibit G and Appendix E. Although the wells are currently dry, if groundwater <br />accumulates, it will be sampled and analyzed in accordance with standard protocols and bottle <br />sets provided by a licensed laboratory (see Appendix E). Similarly, should significant water <br />accumulate in the retention pond, it will be collected and analyzed. <br />For this surface mining operation, no hazardous materials or chemicals will be utilized and <br />therefore no Spill Prevention, Control, and Countermeasure (SPCC) plans are required. <br />8. Groundwater Information <br />Exhibit G provides detailed information about the very limited groundwater in the Last Chance <br />Mine permit area. <br />(a) Map C-7 in Exhibit C shows the location of all tributary water courses, wells, springs, stock <br />water ponds, and reservoirs within two miles of the proposed project site boundary. There <br />appear to be no irrigation ditches within two miles of the site boundary. The following table lists <br />all observed or mapped stock ponds in the area which are dry except following precipitation <br />events. Only those ponds north of the Last Chance Mine Permit area could be impacted by <br />surface runoff from the mine and Energy Fuels Mill site groundwater investigations have found <br />no shallow groundwater to be impacted. South of the permit area the mesa is much higher than <br />the mine and surface waters cannot be impacted. <br />Twp Rng Sec '/4'/4 Description Comments <br />46N 17W 4 SWSW stock pond & dam North and on Energy Fuels Mill site <br />46N 17W 6 NESW stock pond <br />46N 17W 17 SENW stock pond & dam North and on Energy Fuels Mill site <br />46N 17W 18 NESW spring 200 ft higher than Last Chance Mine <br />46N 17W 20 SWSW Last Chance Mesa <br />Reservoir 500 ft higher than Last Chance Mine <br />46N 18W 14 SWSE small pond Isolated by Wild Steer Canyon <br />46N 18W 24 NENE stock pond & dam see water rights table <br />46N 18W 24 SENE stock pond fed by well well not registered <br />(b) Map C-8 is a geologic map which shows the strata and aquifers within 2 miles of the site and <br />includes a stratigraphic column in the explanation. The only spring listed in the table above <br />Last Chance Mine - April 2009 T-3