Mr. Jason Otteson, with NM Operations LLC (NM Ops), states that the project purpose is to produce commercial quantities of precious metals from alluvial deposits discovered on State of Alaska mining claims. Work being proposed includes: To recover precious metals from alluvial deposits in previously mined and in un-mined stream valleys on State of Alaska mining claims owned by Mammoth Valley Mining LLC and occurring on adjacent areas of Quartz Creek, Dahl Creek, North Fork, Joe Creek and Atlas Creek, which were previously mined under separate Regional General Permit (GP) POA-2014-55. Due to the fact these individual areas are operated as one mine, NM Operations LLC has submitted plans for the four areas under the following APMAs for an Individual Permit (404) that combines the activities of all four mine sites under a single plan and bond under F-9398 as an after-the-fact individual permit to cover impacts that exceeded coverage under the General Permit (GP) POA-2014-55 last year, and to cover proposed future impacts, as well as reclamation and restoration of aquatic resources. The adjacent project sites are located as follows: Lower Quartz Bench: The project site is located within Section 30, T. 1 S., R. 29 W., Kateel River Meridian; USGS Quad Map Bendeleben B-6; Latitude 65.3659º N., Longitude 164.7141º W.; 82 Mile Taylor Highway (a.k.a. Kougarok Road), near Nome, Alaska. North Fork: The project site is located within Section 31, T. 1 S., R. 29 W., Kateel River Meridian; USGS Quad Map Bendeleben B-6; Latitude 65.3643º N., Longitude 164.7153º W.; 82 Mile Taylor Highway (a.k.a. Kougarok Road), near Nome, Alaska. Dahl Creek: The project site is located within Section 36, T. 1 S., R. 30 W., Kateel River Meridian; USGS Quad Map Bendeleben B-6; Latitude 65.3557º N., Longitude 164.7349º W.; 82 Mile Taylor Highway (a.k.a. Kougarok Road), near Nome, Alaska. Joe Creek: The project site is located within Section 25, T. 1 S., R. 30 W., Kateel River Meridian; USGS Quad Map Bendeleben B-6; Latitude 65.3694º N., Longitude 164.7332º W.; 82 Mile Taylor Highway (a.k.a. Kougarok Road), near Nome, Alaska. Atlas Creek: The project site is located within Section 25, T. 1 S., R. 30 W., Kateel River Meridian; USGS Quad Map Bendeleben B-6; Latitude 65.3668º N., Longitude 164.7509º W.; 82 Mile Taylor Highway (a.k.a. Kougarok Road), near Nome, Alaska. Camp: The project site is located within Section 31, T. 1 S., R. 29 W., Kateel River Meridian; USGS Quad Map Bendeleben B-6; Latitude 65.3621º N., Longitude 164.7148º W.; 82 Mile Taylor Highway (a.k.a. Kougarok Road), near Nome, Alaska. Please contact Laurel A. Gale at (907) 458-1601, toll free from within Alaska at (800) 478-2712, by fax at (907) 753-5567, or by email at Laurel.A.Gale@usace.army.mil if further information is desired concerning this notice.
POA-1996-00352, Quartz Creek_PN