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

11.4 Surrounding Land Use – 40 CFR 270.14(b)(19) & 264.18(c)
No hazardous waste will be land disposed of at the proposed TSF. No material will be placed in
salt dome formations, salt bed formations, underground mines, or caves.
The land use within 1,000 feet of the proposed TSF will be primarily open range grazing. The
proposed TSF will protect the surrounding environment by constructing a system of physical
barriers as described in Section 1.7.
11.5 Wind Rose – 40 CFR 270.14(b)(19)
A wind rose for the Crescent Valley is presented in Figure 11.5-1 in Appendix 11-B, the
Crescent Valley Wind Rose (http://www.wrcc.dri.edu/cgi-bin/wea_windrose2.pl). Prevailing
wind direction in the Crescent Valley is out of the southwest.
11.6 Legal Boundaries – 40 CFR 270.14(b)(19)
The property that will comprise proposed TSF compound was surveyed by a Nevada licensed
professional land surveyor in July 2012. The proposed TSF compound will be located in the
northwest quadrant of Section 5 in Township 29 North, Range 50 East (NW¼ Sec. 5 T29N
R50E).
The proposed TSF compound property, APNs #005-530-16 and #005-530-17, is owned by PMR.
A legal description of the smaller parcel, APN #005-530-17, that will comprise the RCRA area
(i.e., the proposed TSF) is provided in Appendix 11-C.
11.7 Access Control – 40 CFR 270.14(b)(19) & 264.14(c)
The proposed TSF compound will occupy approximately five acres, enclosed by a security
fence. A complete description of site security is presented in Section 3.
Signs will be posted along the outer perimeter fence at an interval of 50 feet or less. Signs will
also be posted at the fence corners and at access gates as described in Section 3.3.
11.8 Injection and Withdrawal Wells – 40 CFR 270.14(b)(19)
There are no known injection or withdrawal wells on-site or within one mile of the proposed
TSF, as shown on Figure 11.3-1 in Appendix 11-B. This determination is based on information
publically available from the Nevada Division of Water Resources.
11.9 Location of Solid Waste Management Units – 40 CFR 270.14(d)(1)
Solid Waste Management Units (SWMUs) are not applicable in this permit application because
no releases have been identified. The general facility layout is shown in Appendix 1-A. All
Hazardous Waste Management Units and activities involving the treatment, storage, and
management of hazardous waste will be confined inside the proposed TSF Building. The site of
the proposed TSF will be located on undisturbed land with no history of hazardous waste or
industrial activity.
PMR RCRA Permit Application, Dry Hills Facility Page 85
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