Idaho Administrative Code
Title IDAPA 58 - Environmental Quality, Department of
Rule 58.01.13 - RULES FOR ORE PROCESSING BY CYANIDATION
Section 58.01.13.501 - COMPLETION OF PERMANENT CLOSURE

Universal Citation: ID Admin Code 58.01.13.501

Current through August 31, 2023

01. Implementation of a Permanent Closure Plan. Unless otherwise specified in the approved permanent closure plan, the permittee must begin implementation of the approved permanent closure plan: (3-24-22)

a. Within two (2) years of the final addition of cyanide to the ore processing circuit; or (3-24-22)

b. If the product recovery phase of the cyanidation facility has been suspended for a period of more than two (2) years. (3-24-22)

02. Submittal of a Permanent Closure Report. The permittee must submit a permanent closure report to the Department for review and approval. A permanent closure report must be of sufficient detail for the directors of the Department and the Idaho Department of Lands to issue a determination that permanent closure, as defined in Section 007, has been achieved. The permanent closure report must address: (3-24-22)

a. The effectiveness of material stabilization; (3-24-22)

b. The effectiveness of the water management plan and adequacy of the monitoring plan; (3-24-22)

c. The final configuration of the cyanidation facility and its operational/closure status; (3-24-22)

d. The post-closure operation, maintenance, and monitoring requirements, and the estimated reasonable cost to complete those activities; (3-24-22)

e. The operational/closure status of any land application site of the cyanidation facility; (3-24-22)

f. Source control systems that have been constructed or implemented to eliminate, mitigate, or contain short and long term discharge of pollutants from the cyanidation facility, unless otherwise permitted; (3-24-22)

g. The short and long term water quality trends in surface and ground water through the statistical analyses of the existing monitoring data collected pursuant to the ore processing by cyanidation permit; (3-24-22)

h. Ownership and responsibility for the cyanidation facility during the defined post-closure period; (3-24-22)

i. The future beneficial uses of the land, surface and ground waters in and adjacent to the closed facilities; and (3-24-22)

j. How the permanent closure of the cyanidation facility complies with the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, Hazardous Waste Management Act, Solid Waste Management Act, and appropriate rules. (3-24-22)

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