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6. Designated Chemical and Material Handling <br />As much commercially minable uranium ore as possible will be mined and shipped in <br />accordance with all Best Management Practices to an offsite mill for processing. Exploration <br />drilling will be conducted in accordance with all Best Management Practices including dust <br />control and mitigation during drilling, replacing cuttings in the boreholes, and plugging and <br />abandoning holes in accordance with regulations as described in Exhibit D. <br />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). <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, <br />stock water ponds, and reservoirs within two miles of the proposed project site <br />boundary. There appear to be no irrigation ditches within two miles of the site <br />boundary. The following table lists all observed or mapped stock ponds in the area <br />which are dry except following precipitation events or when filled by the rancher by <br />water tank trucks. No ponds in the vicinity of the Last Chance Mine Permit area <br />could be impacted by surface runoff from the mine. The Energy Fuels Pinon Ridge <br />Mill Site groundwater investigations have found no shallow groundwater to be <br />impacted. South of the permit area the mesa is much higher than the mine and <br />surface waters cannot be impacted. An ephemeral drainage west of the mine travels <br />approximately one mile to the northwest then southwest into Wild Steer Canyon. <br />Table T-l. Surface Waters <br />Twp Rng Sec %% 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 />Last Chance Mine - April 2009 T-3