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ponds; flow too meager) . A proposal should be made to <br /> the Division concerning this request. <br /> Response: <br /> Seepage occurs from the native ground surface below the <br /> toe of the rock dump at the American Tunnel , and it has <br /> been labeled seep no. 2 in the 112 permit application. <br /> Seepage at this site emanates from native ground, not <br /> the waste/soil boundary or the waste itself. <br /> Therefore, it is apparent that no phreatic surface <br /> exists in the dump itself. The existence of seep no. <br /> 1, to the south of the rock dump, is evidence that <br /> emergent groundwater flow occurs at this site <br /> naturally. The highest rate of surface discharge from <br /> seep no. 2 occurs during spring, and it is too low to <br /> measure with meter, flume, or bucket . As spring wears <br /> on to summer, all visible surface flow ends , leaving a <br /> small stagnant pool of water (approximately two to <br /> three gallons ) . Evaporation and biological processes <br /> are constantly at work on this stagnant water, and the <br /> water quality may bear no resemblance to waters in the <br /> shallow subsurface. <br /> As was noted in question no. 5 from the Division, the <br /> seepage quantities from seep no. 2 are too low to be <br /> physically handled. Indeed the only way to sample this <br /> water without disturbing and entraining sediment is <br /> with the use of a syringe. Given that these seeps <br /> probably predate the placement of the rock dump, and <br /> that they are unrelated to the mining operation (as are <br /> numerous other naturally occurring acid, iron rich <br /> bogs) , Sunnyside Gold Corp. sees no constructive <br /> advantage to sampling seep no. 2 or seep no. 1 . For <br /> these reasons SGC requests they be removed from the <br /> approved monitoring program for the Sunnyside Mine. <br /> Question: <br /> 6 . Mill : Mill discharge (drainage-spills , cleanup, etc . ) <br /> reports to the "Little Duck Pond" and seeps. This flow <br /> should be discharged along with the other mill <br /> discharges, pursuant to the NPDES permit (decants at TP <br /> #4) . Please discuss. <br /> Response: <br /> All waters draining from the floor of the mill are to <br /> be collected at a sump which will discharge to the <br />