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JD -6 Mine Environmental Protection Plan 4 2. MAPS Rule 6.4.21(2) requires the Operator to identify in the EPP on maps, sketches, and plans, the locations where designated chemicals and toxic or acid - forming materials may be used, stored, handled, exposed, disturbed or disposed of within the permit area, and existing or potential sources of acid mine drainage. The following maps are provided in Attachment 1: • Map 1 — Map Showing Lease Boundaries, Mine Permit Area, and Mine Facilities • Map 2 — Environmental Protection Facilities • Map 3 — Water Courses, Wells, Springs, and Reservoirs within Two Miles • Map 4 — Soil Types in the Vicinity of the JD -6 Mine In addition, regional and local geologic maps are provided in Section 9. The coordinate system for digital base maps of the site is State Plane Colorado South (COS) NAD27 feet. In the EPP, coordinates for site facilities may be reported in State Plane or Latitude /Longitude. 3. OTHER PERMITS AND LICENSES, INCLUDING ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND MONITORING REQUIREMENTS Rule 6.4.21(3) requires a listing of other agencies' environmental protection measures and monitoring, and identification of which environmental protection measures and monitoring are required by statute, regulation, or permit by other agencies or jurisdictions. Rule 6.4.21(4) requires a listing of any air quality, water quality, solid and hazardous waste, and other federal, state permits or local licenses, or other formal authorizations which the Operator /Applicant holds or will be seeking applicable to the use, handling, storage, or disposal of designated chemicals and acid mine drainage- forming materials within the permit area. The JD -6 Mine has the following permits: • Blasting permit, • Septic permit, • Stormwater discharge permit from CDPHE • The JD -6 mine site is zoned agricultural; therefore, Cotter has a conditional use permit (CUP) issued by the Montrose County Commissioners' Office. Copies of these permits are on file at Cotter's Western Slope office at 28151 DD Road in Nucla, Colorado. 4. FACILITIES EVALUATION Rule 6.4.21(7) lists the requirements for a Facilities Evaluation. "Environmental Protection Plan Facilities" are those structures that are designed, constructed and operated for control or containment of designated chemicals, uranium, uranium byproducts or other radionuclides, acid mine drainage, or toxic or acid - forming materials that will be exposed or disturbed as a result of mining or reclamation operations. The mine facilities that would be considered Environmental Protection Plan Facilities at the JD -6 Mine are: 1. The existing waste rock pile; and 2. The existing stormwater impoundment. These Environmental Protection Plan Facilities are listed in Table 2 and the locations are shown in Map 2. The geochemical characteristics of the waste rock pile is described in Section 5.3 of this EPP. No metallurgical processing will occur on site that would alter the natural character of these materials. 4148A.120927 Whetstone Associates •