2001-06-08_REPORT - M1977378 ‎(2)‎

• Permit No: M1977378
• IBM Index Class Name: REPORT
• Doc Date: 6/8/2001
• Doc Name: MLR Annual Report
• From: Sunnyside Gold Corp
• To: DMG
• Permit Index Doc Type: Annual Fee/Report
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

COMMITMENT #1
THE OPERATOR UNDERSTANDS THAT ANY NEW SEEPS OR ANY CHANGES IN WATER
QUALITY OR QUANTITY ISSUING FROM KNOWN SEEPS IN THE AREA OF THE
SUNNYSIDE MINE, FOLLOWING THE INSTALLATION OF BULKHEAD SEALS IN THE
UNDERGROUND WORKINGS, ARE REGARDED BY THE WATER QUALITY CONTROL
DIVISION TO BE UNPERMITTED POINT SOURCE DISCHARGES. THE DIVISION
OF MINERALS AND GEOLOGY UNDERSTANDS THAT THE OPERATOR DOES NOT
AGREE WITH THIS INTERPRETATION BY THE WATER QUALITY CONTROL
DIVISION. THE OPERATOR FURTHER UNDERSTANDS THAT ANY MEASURABLE
CHANGE IN WATER QUALITY OR QUANTITY IN THE SEEPS OR THE DRAINAGES
SURROUNDING THE MINE, i.e. CHANGES REPORTED BY THE OPERATOR IN
CONJUNCTION WITH COMPLIANCE WITH THE APPROVED HYDROLOGIC MONITORING
PLAN OR CHANGES REVEALED THRU DIVISION INSPECTIONS OF THE MINE,
WILL BE CONSIDERED BY THE DIVISION AS POSSIBLE EVIDENCE OF TIIE
DEVELOPMENT OF UNPERMITTED POINT SOURCE DISCHARGES RELATED TO THE
INSTALLATION OF TIIE BULKHEADS. THEREFORE., SIGNIFICANT CHANGES IN
WATER QUALITY OR QUANTITY IN THI': SEEPS OR IN THE DRAINAGES
SURROUNDING THE MINE, FOLLOWING THE INSTALLATION OF BULKHEAD SEALS
IN THE UNDERGROUND WORKINGS, WILL BE CITED AS A POTENTIAL
COMPLIANCE PROBLEM BY THE DIVISION AND THE OPERATOR WILL BE
REQUIRED BY THE DIVISION TO CONTACT THE WATER QUALITY CONTROL
DIVISION TO DETERMINE IF A NEW DISCHARGE PERMIT FOR THE MINE OR A
MODIFICATION OF THE EXISTING DISCHARGE PERMIT FOR THE MINE IS
NECESSARY. RESPONSIBILITY FOR ENFORCEMENT OF POTENTIAL DISCHARGE
PERMIT COMPLIANCE PROBLEMS WILL REST WITH TIIE WATER QUALITY CONTROL
DIVISION.
COMMITMENT #2
THE OPERATOR WILL. CREATE A SI':PARAI'I•: SECTION IN EACH ANNUAL
RECLAMATION REPORT 'THAT WILL INCLUDE DATA AND NARRATIVE TO
DISSEMINATE; 1NFORMATION FROM THE MONITORING PROGRAM REQUIRED BY THE
TERMS OF TR -14. THE OPERATOR WILL NO'T'IFY THE DIVISION IMMEDIATELY
IN THE CASE THAT TRACER IS DETECTED A'I' ANY POINT BY THI; MONITORING
PROGRAM, OR IF TH1• ;RI; IS INCREASED DISCHARGE TO ANY SURROUNDING
DRAINAGE THAT MAY BE RELATED TO FLOODING OF THE SUNNYSIDE WORKINGS.
COMMITMENT' #3
' 1 ' 1 1 1 : OPERATOR W I L L PFOV I I ) I • : THE D 1 V 1 :;ION WITH A DETAILED SUMMARY OF
1'i1f; COSTS THAT WOULD BE INCURRED I{Y THE STATE; TO INSTALI,
REPLACEMENT BULKHEAD ; IN '1'111: EVENT OF PERMIT REVOCATION AND BOND
FORFEITURE. A BOND IN AN AMOUNT APPROVED BY THE DIVISION, MUST BE
IN PLACE FOR B[11.KHI' :AD REPLACEMENT PRIOR TO CLOSING THE AMERICAN
TUNNEL VALVE.
COMM I TMENTJ 4
THE OPERATOR WILL PROVIDE TIII: DIVISION WI'I'H A PLAN TO CHARAC'I'E;RIZE
CONJUNCTIVE FLOW WIT'IIIN THE CEMENT CREEK DRAINAGE IN THE VICINITY
OF 'T11I•; SUNNYSIDE MINE WITHIN 30 DAYS OF REVISION APPROVAL.
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