2011-03-14_REVISION - M1977493 ‎(64)‎

• Permit No: M1977493
• IBM Index Class Name: REVISION
• Doc Date: 3/14/2011
• Doc Name: Exhibit List, Ex. 9
• From: Climax
• To: MLRB
• Type & Sequence: AM6
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

CM0000654
Mr. Eric Scott
Climax Mine - Response to DRMS Adequacy Review Comments
• Permit M-1977-493; Amendment AM-06
March 1, 2011
Page 9 of 16
• Observatory quonset building near Chalk Mountain Reservoir, housing monitoring equipment
associated with the former Observatory (building, but not underlying property, owned by the
University of New Hampshire)
Both Eagle Park Reservoir and Clinton Reservoir were previously owned by CIVIC. The Purchase
and Sale Agreement for the Eagle Park Reservoir, and the Clinton Reservoir Purchase Agreement
each contain language sufficient to demonstrate compliance with the intent of the referenced
requirements. In general, the agreement language provides assurance to these owners that CIVIC
shall not conduct operations, or allow operations to be conducted in such a manner as may
adversely impact the associated structures.
Damage Reimbursement Agreement letters have been sent to the owners of the other structures,
copies of which are provided in the revised Exhibit S, attached.
Exhibit U - DMO Environmental Protection Plan (EPP)
Exhibit U/Section (2) Maps Comment Please submit a map of the mill facility, water treatment
facility, and any other facility on site that depicts the locations of and how designated chemicals
will be stored and used, and in what quantities.
• Response: Two additional figures (AM-06-T-06 and AM-06-T-07), attached, have been prepared
to present additional detail of the mill facility; showing the locations of where and how designated
chemicals will be stored and used and in what quantities. Also attached is a revised version of
Table T-2 from the EPP that includes the quantities of designated chemicals to be stored on-site.
Water treatment chemicals are not identified as designated chemicals and therefore maps of the
existing water treatment facility (the Sludge Densification Plant, or SDP) have not been provided.
The construction of the SDP was approved by the DRMS as part of AM-05, which was submitted
in 2005. Also, as discussed with DRMS in the meeting with CIVIC on February 4, 2011, the EPP
will be updated following approval of AM-06 to incorporate all DRMS comments, as appropriate,
for DRMS review and approval before full-scale mining and milling operations resume.
Exhibit U/Section (2) Comment. Please also describe the measures that will be taken to prevent
and monitor for releases of these materials and what measures will be taken in the event of a
release. If this information is contained in the approved site SPCC/MCP, please reference as
appropriate and include a copy of this document or the applicable referenced sections.
Response: Specific measures that will be taken to prevent and monitor for releases of designated
chemicals are described in the revised EPP to be submitted to DRMS as referenced in the
response to the previous comment. In addition, Measures taken in the event of a release are
discussed in the previously submitted Designated Chemicals Emergency Response Plan, included
as Appendix T-B of the EPP.
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