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5.3 Climax Mine Tailing and Industrial Water System <br /> 5.3.1 Tailing and Industrial Water System in the Ten Mile Drainage <br /> 5.3.1.1 Tailing Delivery House (TDH) and East Tailing Delivery Line (ETDL) <br /> Description: Main tailing delivery system from the Climax mill to the tailing ponds. Consists <br /> of a concrete 42-inch diameter pipeline approximately five (5)miles long. <br /> Location: ETDL extends from the mill through the TDH to the Robinson, Ten Mile, and <br /> Mayflower tailing ponds. See Figure 1. <br /> Spill Potential: High. <br /> Potential Volume Spilled: Because the lines are checked regularly, spills are likely to be less <br /> than a few thousand gallons, unless the leak occurs beneath snow. <br /> Prevention and Control: Any spill from a ruptured line or in the TDH would be totally <br /> contained in the tailing system drainage, and would have very little chance to by-pass the <br /> treatment system. <br /> Countermeasures: In the event of line rupture, tailing delivery will be shut down, the line <br /> repaired, and spilled tailing will be cleaned up by use of mine equipment. <br /> Location of Nearest Clean-up Equipment: Endloaders and trucks are available throughout the <br /> minesite; additional equipment (shovels, tailing line repair supplies, etc.) are available in the <br /> warehouse. <br /> Monitoring: Visual checking occurs daily during operation of the mill. During idle periods, the <br /> system is visually checked at least weekly. <br /> Reporting: In the event that waters of the State of Colorado are threatened by a spill from the <br /> tailing delivery system, the notification procedure outlined in Sections 4.2, 4.3, and 4.4 will <br /> apply. Any spill from the tailing delivery system should be documented on the "Spill Incident <br /> Report" form immediately (Appendix 1), and given to the Environmental Coordinator. <br /> 39 <br />