2012-10-01_REVISION - M1977310 ‎(10)‎

• Permit No: M1977310
• IBM Index Class Name: REVISION
• Doc Date: 10/1/2012
• Doc Name: EPP
• From: Cotter
• To: DRMS
• Type & Sequence: AM1
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

JD -6 Mine Environmental Protection Plan iii
13.3 Reseeding Specifications 58
14. WILDLIFE PROTECTION 59
14.1 Wildlife Species 59
14.2 Federally Threatened, Endangered, and Candidate Species 60
14.3 BLM Sensitive Species and Birds of Conservation Concern 61
14.4 Potential Impacts to Wildlife 63
14.5 Mitigation Measures for Wildlife Protection 64
15. REFERENCES 65
LIST OF TABLES
Table 1. Affected Area at the JD -6 Mine 2
Table 2. List of Environmental Protection Facilities 5
Table 3. Samples Collected and Composited for Geochemical Testing 8
Table 4. Mass of Composited Samples Submitted for SPLP, Whole Rock, and ABA Analysis 8
Table 5. Acid -Base Accounting (ABA) Results for Representative Composite Samples from the JD -6 Mine
Waste Rock Pile and JD -8 Mine Ore Pile 9
Table 6. SPLP and Whole Rock Results for Representative Composite Samples from the JD -6 Waste Rock
and JD -8 Ore Pile 11
Table 7. Constituents of Potential Concern in JD -6 Waste Rock Pile 13
Table 8. Potential for Radioactive Bioaccumulation and Sequestration of Site Soils 15
Table 9. Meteorological Stations, Type, Period of Record, and Distance from the JD -6 Site 20
Table 10. Monthly Climate Summary at Uravan, Colorado 22
Table 11. Monthly Precipitation (in) Summary at the Proposed Pinon Ridge Mill Site May 2008 - March
2011 22
Table 12. Monthly Climate Summary at Montrose, Colorado 22
Table 13. Monthly Precipitation at Uravan, Colorado 23
Table 14. Rainfall Intensity at the JD -6 Mine 24
Table 15. Average Monthly Wind Speed (mph) at Nucla Meteorological Station 25
Table 16. Average and Maximum Wind Speed (mph) at Nucla Meteorological Station 25
Table 17. Monthly Average and Annual Pan Evaporation 26
Table 18. Springs, Reservoirs and Ditches Located within Two Miles Downstream of the JD -6 Mine 29
Table 19. Lithologic Units in Colorado Plateau Physiographic Province 31
Table 20. Hydrostratigraphic Units of the Paradox Basin (Topper, et al., 2003) 35
Table 21. Inventory of Wells Located within Two Miles of the JD -6 Mine Boundary 39
Table 22. JD -6 Lysimeter Monitoring Results 41
Table 23. Water Quality of Samples Collected from the Lysimeter at the JD -6 Mine 42
Table 24. Proposed Monitoring Well 44
Table 25. Groundwater Monitoring Frequency 48
Table 26. Field Parameters for Groundwater Monitoring 49
Table 27. Laboratory Analytical Suite for Groundwater Monitoring 50
Table 28. Construction Schedule 51
Table 29. Analytical Suite for Geochemical Testing 53
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