Re: NDEP - All Three Permits Tentatively Approved !!
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Oct 28, 2021 01:59PM
Thanks WB again, here is :
NOTICE OF PROPOSED ACTION – Bureau of Mining Regulation and Reclamation Web Posting: 10/28/2021 Deadline for Comments: 12/01/2021 The Administrator of the Division of Environmental Protection (NDEP) gives notice that an application for a new Water Pollution Control Permit for the Thacker Pass Project, a mining and beneficiation facility, has been properly filed with NDEP in Carson City.
The Applicant for Water Pollution Control Permit NEV2020104 (Permit) is: Lithium Nevada Corp. 5310 Kietzke Lane, Suite 200 Reno, NV 89511 The facility is located on public land in Humboldt County, within Sections 1 and 2, T44N, R34E; Sections 2-17, T44N, R35E; and Sections 7, 8, 14-23, and 29, T44N, R36E, MDB&M, approximately 18 miles northwest of the town of Orovada. The Project consists of an open pit mining and chemical processing facility, pursuant to Nevada Administrative Code (NAC) 445A.394.
The Administrator is constrained to either issue the Permit or deny the application. The Administrator has made the tentative decision to issue the new Permit. Pursuant to NAC 445A.404, the Director is providing this notice of a Public Hearing on the proposed action. The Public Hearing will be held on 1 December 2021 in Winnemucca, Nevada at 6:00 p.m. at the following location: Boys and Girls Club of Winnemucca 1973 Whitworth Way Winnemucca, NV 89445 A copy of this document, the draft permit, and fact sheet can be found here: http://ndep.nv.gov/posts. Any comments previously received and responses can be found here: https://ndep.nv.gov/land/thacker-pass-project 901 S. Stewart Street, Suite 4001 • Carson City, Nevada 89701 • p: 775.687.4670 • f: 775.687.5856 • ndep.nv.gov Printed on recycled paper Copies of the application, requests for information, and other correspondence about this permitting action can be foun