Natural Resources State of Alaska

Project Summary

• Project access is via a 49-mile all season road from the Richardson Highway
• $347 million capital costs for start up
• Power is supplied from the regional grid via a 50-mile power line paralleling  the access road
• Recovery is achieved by gravity, flotation, and cyanide leaching at the mine

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Five-Year Environmental Audits

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Permits and Authorizations

Department of Natural Resources (DNR)

• Mining Reclamation Bond 2012 (posted 8/1/12)
• DNR Interim Approval of New Reclamation Bond Amount (issued 3/20/2012)
• Mining Reclamation Bond 2011 (posted 6/28/11)
• DNR Interim Approval of Reclamation Bond Amount (issued 3/9/2011)
• Pogo Mine Plan of Operations Approval (F20129500) (issued 2/7/2012)
  February 7, 2012 Joint Agency Response to Comments Document
• Plan of Operations Amendment Approval - Power Distribution Expansion to East Deep (issued 12/19/2012)
• Pogo Mine Plan of Operation Amendment Approval - Dry Stack Expansion (issued 4/13/2012)
  Response to Public Comments
• Pogo Mine Project Millsite Lease ADL 416949 (issued 12/18/2003)
• Final Decision To Issue Millsite Lease (ADL 416949) (issued 12/18/2003)
• Consent Resolution of the Board of Directors of Teck-Pogo Inc.
  (per Paragraph 26 of the Pogo Millsite Lease) (signed 11/25/04)
• Exhibit B: Parent Entity Guaranty
• Right-of-way for the Pogo Mine Project Road (ADL 416809 & 417066) (issued 12/18/2003)
• Right-of-way for the power line for the Pogo Mine Project (ADL 416817) (issued 12/18/2003)
• Competitive Land Lease for Maintenance/Staging Facility (ADL 416953) (issued 12/18/2003)
• Competitive Material Sale (ADL 416816) (issued 12/18/2003)
• Pogo Upland Mining Lease (ADL 674057) (issued 5/4/2004)

Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC)

• DEC Pogo Mine Waste Management Permit No. 2011DB0012 (issued 2/7/2012)
  • February 7, 2012 Joint Agency Response to Comments Document
• APDES Permit No. AK0053341 (effective 5/1/2011)  
  • APDES Permit Fact Sheet  
• DEC Air Quality Control Minor Permit AQ0406MSS03 (issued 12/13/06)
• DEC Air Quality Control Construction Permit 406CP01 (issued 1/30/04)

Archives

Because the project requires a water discharge permit from the Environmental Protection Agency and a wetlands fill permit from the US Army Corps of Engineers, a Federal Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) was completed. The State of Alaska was a cooperating agency in the EIS process, and has used the EIS to assist in decision making for its authorizations.

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Annual Reports and Annual Meetings

2013 Annual Agency Meeting
March 27^th, 3:30 – 5:30 PM
Westmark Fairbanks Hotel

Pogo Mine 2013 Annual Meeting PowerPoint Presentation (posted 3/12/2013)

Pogo Mine 2012 Annual Activity and Monitoring Report (posted 3/12/2013)

• Appendix A Maps
• Appendix B Effluent Toxicity Testing (WET), Geochemistry, Flotation Solids data
• Appendix C Time Series Graphs of Monitoring Data
• Appendix D As-Builts for New Monitoring Wells; Abandonment Report
• Appendix E As-Builts for Modifications to Existing Wastewater System
• Appendix F Laboratory MDL Studies
• Appendix G Meteorological Monitoring Annual Data Report
• Appendix H Whole Effluent Toxicity Testing (WET) Laboratory Reports
• Appendix I Excel file of 2012 Monitoring and Historic Data
  For a copy of Electronic Appendix I, please contact:
  Sharmon Stambaugh, DNR Large Mine Coordinator (see bottom of page)

Archive of Annual Meetings and Reports for prior years

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