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JUN.10.2013 9 :14AM BUSINESS CONNECTION <br />NO. 020 P.3 <br />must be taken to insure that harmful affluent goes not <br />reach natural drainage sources. However, due 'to the <br />mine site's location on the mountain, it is known that <br />drainage will be down slope and into VOS drainage. <br />3. Snow Pack Ponds on site. The application <br />I <br />identifies two earth bound depressions that contain <br />snow melt on the site. Presumably, the water in these <br />ponds will be used to wash gold from crushed heck at <br />the rate of 350 gallons per minute during mining <br />operations and then recycled. (App. p. 17(h)). <br />However, the application is not clear as to whsather <br />these two ponds are merely the sole source of eater for <br />mining operations or will also be used as tailings <br />ponds. ( "There are two tailings ponds on site that <br />will be used to process ore. Water will be stored from <br />snowmelt, which will allow the mine to operate for a <br />few weeks each summer. The ponds will be enlarged over <br />the course of a 2--3 seasons (sic) to hopefully store <br />more water." App. P. 14(c)). This paragraph is <br />confusing as to whether the existing depressions are to <br />be used for storing tailings or snowmelt and is silent <br />as to how tailings will be prevented from draining off <br />site from these ponds. Clarification is required <br />because water usage on the site will take place during <br />the summer months over the next ten years. (App. p. <br />16, (a) ) <br />4. The "tailings area" will be located on the eastern, <br />down slope boundary of the site and below the ,dace of <br />mining excavation pit (App. p. 16(f). Water, 'whether <br />rain or snowmelt, naturally drains down slope. With <br />the "tailings area" located below the mining pit, water <br />will flow across the open pit and down slope into the <br />tailings area. The application is not clear as to <br />whether the "tailings area" is the same as the <br />