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Location Number
LOCATIONS OF
ENVIRONMENTAL
CONCERNS
(multiple names/uses,
which occurred at some
sites, are indicated)
Table 14
Fan Area AECs & PCOCs (Figures 8 and 9)
CONTAMINANTS OF
CONCERN (COCs) AND
POTENTIAL
CONTAMINANTS OF
CONCERN (PCOCs)
37 Oil Storage Petroleum hydrocarbons
38 Ball Mill
AEC 3
Metals, petroleum
hydrocarbons
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RATIONALE FOR CONCERN
Resulting from spillage and leakage from oil storage tanks and
containers.
Contaminants commonly associated with ball mill operations.
5 Concentrate Storage Metals Resulting from spillage in storage area.
AEC 1, AEC 2, AEC 3, AEC 4
Entire
Fan Area
Mine tailings/waste rock Metals
Additional Areas Adjacent to the Fan Area
8
43
Transformers /
substations (multiple
sites)
Car (rail) Shop (in
Additional Areas)
Petroleum hydrocarbons,
metals, PCBs.
Petroleum hydrocarbons,
metals
Contaminants commonly associated with mine tailings and waste
rock.
Contaminants commonly associated with leakage from electrical
equipment.
Contaminants commonly associated with locomotive
maintenance.
44 Ore Stock Pile Metals Contaminants commonly associated with mill stock piles.
45 Steel Shop
46
4100 Car Barn (In
Additional Areas)
7.2 ADDITIONAL AREAS
Metals, petroleum
hydrocarbons
Metals, petroleum
hydrocarbons
Contaminants commonly associated with steel shop operations.
Contaminants commonly associated with rail car maintenance.
Within the Additional Areas, the contaminants have been grouped into two categories: metals
and petroleum hydrocarbons; both categories are classed as PCOCs.