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cyanide- related wildlife mortalities have occurred since the June 2007 certification audit. <br />CC &V provided evidence of documentation completed for wildlife incidents that had <br />occurred prior to the June 2007 certification audit. <br />5. DECOMMISSIONING Protect communities and the environment from cyanide <br />through development and implementation of decommissioning plans for cyanide <br />facilities. <br />Standards of Practice <br />5.1 Plan and implement procedures for effective decommissioning of cyanide <br />facilities to protect human health, wildlife and livestock. <br />The operation is: <br />• in full compliance <br />❑ in substantial compliance <br />❑ not in compliance...with Standard of 5.1. <br />Describe the basis for the Finding/Deficiencies Identified: <br />CC &V's governing permit (Colorado Office of Mined Lands Permit M- 1980 -244) <br />requires submittal of formal Technical Requests (TRs) and/or amendments as the means <br />to negotiate estimation and establishment of a financial warranty for the third -party <br />decommissioning of all aspects of mine operations, including all cyanide infrastructure. <br />As observed in the June 2007 certification audit, CC &V provides the State of Colorado <br />Mined Lands Reclamation Board (MLRB) a written discussion of its proposed <br />decommissioning procedures as part of Permit M -1980 -244; these are updated with each <br />Amendment. Amendment No. 8 was in effect in June 2007. Amendment No. 9 was <br />approved in 2008 and governs current mining activities. The project description section <br />of Amendment No. 9 describes reclamation objectives, materials and specific procedures <br />that will apply to the decommissioning of the VLF, ADR Plant, and associated cyanide <br />infrastructure and provides a conceptual basis of the SOPs that would be employed in last <br />phases of mine operation. The Amendment No. 9 permit also includes a general <br />discussion of the sequence of development of the mine life extension (MLE), as well as a <br />table that presents the approximate schedule for construction, operations, and <br />reclamation. <br />Cresson Project <br />Name of Mine <br />September 22, 2010 <br />Signature of Lead Auditor Date <br />Page 22 of 36 <br />