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Pitch Reclamation Project <br />Colorado Mined Land <br />Reclamation Board <br />2009 Annual <br />Reclamation Report <br />of the dumps. However, there continues to be no indication of instability in either of the <br />waste rock dumps. <br />More detailed discussions and figures are presented in the 2009 Annual Geotechnical <br />Report filed with the Division in December 2009. <br />4.6 Water Quality Monitoring <br />As outlined in TR4, Homestake has monitored water quality since 1994 to verify the <br />intended effectiveness of installation of the Pinnacle Adit plug. Water quality <br />monitoring was conducted in 2009 including sampling points located at the North Pit <br />Lake discharge (Sample Point NPL), the Tie Camp Creek drainage (Sample Points <br />TCCDRN and TCC), the site discharge POC (Sample Point SW-33), as well as spring <br />and seep surveys performed in the spring and fall. Monthly discharge-monitoring <br />reports (DMRs), pursuant to Colorado Discharge Permit System (CDPS) number CO- <br />0022756, were submitted to the Colorado Department of Public Health and <br />Environment (CDPHE) for 2009. Monitoring for the CDPS was conducted at the <br />designated POC SW-33, shown on Figure 3. Analytical tests conducted for the DMRs <br />at SW-33 as required by the CDPS include: flow; dissolved radium 226; total radium <br />226/228; total uranium; pH; total suspended solids (TSS); total dissolved solids; oil and <br />grease (visual only); potentially dissolved zinc; and whole effluent toxicity (WET). <br />During 2008, all analytical results were below the CDPS permit's 30-day average or <br />daily maximum limitations and WET testing results were within permit limits. The 2009 <br />DMRs are on file with the CDPHE-Water Quality Control Division. <br />4.7 Radioactive Materials License <br /> <br />The RTP building, foundation and sediments excavated from the upper portion of <br />Indian Creek below the old RTP area were placed in the Tie Camp Disposal Cell in <br />2001. Final grading and revegetation of the RTP area was started in 2002 and <br />completed in 2003. With the removal of the RTP, the radioactive source material and <br />any treatment capacity have been removed. Small concentrations of the Radium 226 <br />isotope remain in the sediment deposited upstream of the sediment control <br />embankment. The Radioactive Materials License (RML) for the Pitch Reclamation <br />Project was renewed in April 2008. License renewal #14 allows Homestake to manage <br />the Tie Camp Low -Grade Stockpile and the sediment upstream of the sediment <br />control embankment within the guidelines of the license. A copy of the 2009 Annual <br />RML letter report is provided in electronic Adobe Acrobat© Portable Document Format <br />on the CD attached to this report. <br /> <br />14