1997-06-09_REPORT - M1977378

• Permit No: M1977378
• IBM Index Class Name: REPORT
• Doc Date: 6/9/1997
• Doc Name: Annual Report
• From: Sunnyside Gold Corp
• To: DMG
• Permit Index Doc Type: Annual Fee/Report
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

SITE RECLAMATION ACTIVITY
APRIL 1996 TO MARCH 1997
Reclamation activity during the 1996 reporting year (April 1996 to
March 1997) consisted of site cleaning, maintenance of vegetated
areas, bulkhead valve closure and implementation of the Consent
Decree projects negotiated with CDPHE to provide a mechanism for
release from discharge permits and allow final site reclamation.
In the following sections of this report, environmental activity
during the 1996 reporting year and planned environmental activity
for the 1997 reporting year is discussed on a site by site basis.
A summary of acreage disturbed and reclaimed is presented in Table
A (page 2) .
AMERICAN TUNNEL PORTAL AREA - Plate No. 1
During the 1996 reporting year, an additional 0. 17 acres were
disturbed and 0. 36 acres were added to the acreage undergoing
reclamation. Mining activity was suspended in July of 1991 and
final reclamation started with implementation of the mine drainage
bulkhead program.
TR-19 was submitted and approved during the 1996 reporting year to
include Consent Decree projects affecting MLR permitted lands. At
the American Tunnel portal area, this included construction of a
diversion to allow treatment of a portion of Cement Creek on a
temporary basis while the Consent Decree mine remediation projects
are under construction.
Reclamation and environmental activity during 1996 consisted of;
1) general site cleaning. Solid waste was disposed of via the
local landfill operator (ie wood, paper etc. ) and steel was
recycled through a metal recycler.
2) maintenance of stormwater runoff controls.
3) completion of the upland subsurface water interception and
diversion (TR-18) .
4) construction of a system to divert and treat water from Cement
Creek in the American Tunnel water treatment system. This
project was undertaken as part of a voluntary Consent Decree
agreement with the CDPHE in order to resolve issues related to
bulkheading of the Sunnyside Mine in order to stop mine
drainage and allow final reclamation (TR-14, TR-16) . This
project was included in TR-19 and was also permitted under a
San Juan County Land Permit and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Section 404 Nationwide Permit. The diversion and treatment of
Cement Creek became active in August, 1996.