Precious Metals Recovery LLC RCRA Permit Application Dry Hills ...

5.0 COMMUNICATION PLAN – 40 CFR 264.34
5.1 Internal Communications
The communications system that will be in place at the proposed TSF will be connected to the
existing BGNA communications infrastructure by linking to the appropriate network at the
Cortez Mine. The communications system will be vital for operations at the proposed TSF, and
will be necessary for the off-site communication of critical alarms and events.
With respect to data transmission, the network connection to BGNA’s Wide Area Network
(WAN) will first be established via a redundant dual-hop wireless point-to-point link to the
Cortez Mine site. An existing repeater is located at Mount Tenabo (the highest peak in the area).
This wireless point-to-point link is designed to have sufficient bandwidth for all of BGNA’s
network facilities, systems, and applications. In this manner, the proposed TSF’s site operational
systems can be completely integrated with BGNA’s systems. (For further detail regarding
BGNA’s Systems that will be utilized by the proposed TSF, refer to Section 1.5.)
A third connection for data transmission will be established for critical data using the cellular
data network. This is designed to provide a permanent connection to BGNA’s network. This
architecture is expected to provide redundancy and an automatic path change in the event one of
the links fails.
The communications strategy is described by the drawing in Appendix 1-A.
5.2 External Communications
5.2.1 Arrangements with Local Authorities – 40 CFR 264.37
Facility workers will be trained to respond to emergency situations. At least one trained
Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) will be on-site during working hours to respond to an
emergency.
When additional help is needed, the Cortez Mine may be contacted. The Cortez Mine operations
are staffed 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. The general sequence of events to respond to
emergency situations requiring external communications is as follows:
Contact local response services off-site as appropriate.
Contact a clean-up contractor qualified for response to releases as appropriate.
Notify NDEP and the National Response Center as required.
Details of emergency response protocols are provided in the Contingency Plan in Appendix 6-A.
40 CFR 264.37(a)(1)
PMR will make arrangements to familiarize police, fire departments, and other first responders
with the layout of the proposed TSF, properties of the hazardous waste handled at the proposed
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