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Preliminary Supplemental Draft Environmental Impact Statement (PSDEIS)
NorthMet Mining Project and Land Exchange
LIST OF REFERENCES REF-1 DRAFT WORK IN PROGRESS 2.0
This PSDEIS document is a Co-lead Agency provisional draft intended for internal review only.
Corrections, revisions, and changes will be made prior to the release of the SDEIS for public review and comment.
LIST OF REFERENCES
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Corporation. August 2009.
---. 2009b. Threatened, Endangered, and Sensitive Species and Habitat Assessment for the
Proposed PolyMet Land Exchange. Document No. 05461-004-0400. Prepared for
PolyMet Mining Corporation. October 2009.
---. 2011a. 2008 NorthMet Mine/Forest Service Additional Parcel Summer Wildlife and Wetland
Assessment - Final Report. Document No. 05461-005-0400. Prepared for PolyMet
Mining Corporation. May 2011.
---. 2011b. 2009 Hay Lake Parcel and McFarland Parcel Summer Wildlife and Wetland
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Corporation. June 2011.
---. 2011d. Wetland, Lake Shoreline, Stream Frontage, and Floodplain Assessment for the
Proposed PolyMet Land Exchange. Document No. 05461-004-0500. Prepared for
PolyMet Mining Corporation. June 2011.
Alberta. See Government of Alberta, Canada.
Preliminary Supplemental Draft Environmental Impact Statement (PSDEIS)
NorthMet Mining Project and Land Exchange
LIST OF REFERENCES REF-2 DRAFT WORK IN PROGRESS 2.0
This PSDEIS document is a Co-lead Agency provisional draft intended for internal review only.
Corrections, revisions, and changes will be made prior to the release of the SDEIS for public review and comment.
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BBER. See Bureau of Business and Economic Research.
Preliminary Supplemental Draft Environmental Impact Statement (PSDEIS)
NorthMet Mining Project and Land Exchange
LIST OF REFERENCES REF-3 DRAFT WORK IN PROGRESS 2.0
This PSDEIS document is a Co-lead Agency provisional draft intended for internal review only.
Corrections, revisions, and changes will be made prior to the release of the SDEIS for public review and comment.
Bailey, T.N., Bangs, E.E., Portner, M.F., Malloy, J.C., & McAvinchey, R.J. 1986. An Apparent
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Barr. See Barr Engineering.
Barr Engineering (Barr). 2005. RS26 – Partridge River Level 1 Rosgen Geomorphic Survey. Rosgen
Classification Partridge River from Headwaters to Colby Lake. Draft-01. December 8, 2005.
---. 2006a. Cumulative Wetland Effect Analysis East Reserve Mining Project. Prepared for
Ispat Inland Mining Company. July 10, 2006.
---. 2006b. RS02 – Hydrogeological – Drill Hole Monitoring and Data Collection – Phase 1.
Hydrogeologic Investigation Phase 1. PolyMet NorthMet Mine Site. Draft-02.
November 16, 2006.
---. 2006c. RS10 – Hydrogeological – Drill Hole Monitoring and Data Collection Phase 2.
Hydrogeologic Investigation Phase II. PolyMet NorthMet Mine Site. Draft-02.
November 16, 2006.
---.2006d. RS14 – Wetland Delineation and Wetland Functional Assessment Report. Draft-02,
November 20, 2006.
---. 2006e. RS44 – Wetland Hydrology Study. November 20, 2006.
---. 2006f. RS64 – Technical Memorandum: Existing Tailings Basin Water Information. Draft-01.
February 7, 2006.
---. 2006g. RS 70 – Mercury Deposition and Bioaccumulation Cumulative Impact Report,
Cumulative Impacts Analysis, Minnesota Iron Range Industrial Development Projects,
Mercury Deposition and Evaluation of Bioaccumulation in Fish in Northeast Minnesota.
November 2006.
---. 2006h. RS71 – Cumulative Impacts Analysis, Minnesota Iron Range Industrial Development
Projects, Assessment of Potential Visibility Impacts in Federal Class I Areas in
Minnesota. November 2006.
---. 2007a. PolyMet Data. E-mail from Miguel Wong, Ph.D., P.E. February 14, 2007.
---. 2007b. RS10A – Hydrogeological Drill Hole Monitoring and Data Collection – Phase 3.
Phase III Hydrogeologic Investigation. March 2007.
Preliminary Supplemental Draft Environmental Impact Statement (PSDEIS)
NorthMet Mining Project and Land Exchange
LIST OF REFERENCES REF-4 DRAFT WORK IN PROGRESS 2.0
This PSDEIS document is a Co-lead Agency provisional draft intended for internal review only.
Corrections, revisions, and changes will be made prior to the release of the SDEIS for public review and comment.
---. 2007c. RS14 – Supplemental Information to the Wetland Delineation Report EIS
Report/Study. Addendum 01. Submitted in support of the PolyMet Mining Corp.'s
NorthMet Mine and Ore Processing Facilities Project Detailed Project Description.
September 2007.
---. 2007d. RS22 – Mine Waste Water Management for the PolyMet NorthMet Mine Site.
Technical Detail Report. Draft-02. October 17, 2007.
---. 2007e. RS29T – Technical Design Evaluation Report - Wastewater Treatment Technology
NorthMet Project. Draft-02, March 30. Addendum, October 2007, 8 sections, 14 tables, 5
figures, 11 appendices.
---. 2007f. RS52 – PolyMet Technical Design Evaluation Report - Mine Closure Plan Report.
July 2007.
---. 2007g. RS55T – Tailings Basin Modifications to Eliminate Water Release via Seepage.
PolyMet Technical Design Evaluation Report. Draft-02. February 13, 2007.
---. 2007h. RS63 – Technical Memorandum: Updated PolyMet Mining Baseline Surface Water
Quality Information Report. Draft-02. June 29, 2007.
---. 2007i. RS76 – Technical Memorandum: Summary and Interpretation of Surface Water
Quality Monitoring Data, PolyMet Mining Company. June 27, 2007.
---. 2007j. Technical Memorandum: Results of Autumn 2007 Field Surveys for Botrychium
rugulosum at PolyMet Mine Site. November 7, 2007.
---. 2007k. Addendum 01, Supplemental Information to the November 2006 Air Quality
Cumulative Impact Assessment Report on Mercury Deposition and Evaluation of
Bioaccumulation in Fish in Northeast Minnesota, EIS Report/Study RS70. August 2007.
---. 2007l. RS58A - Emission Control Technology Review for NorthMet Project Processing Plant
RS58A. October 2007.
---. 2007m. RS61 - Fiber Information, NorthMet Mine and Ore Processing Facilities Project,
Fibers Data Related to the Processing of NorthMet Deposit Ore, EIS Report Study 61.
---. 2007n. Best Available Control Technology (BACT) Review of NorthMet Project Mine Site.
February 2007.
---. 2007o. RS58B – Emission Control Technology Review for NorthMet Project Mine Site.
Draft-02. September 2007.
---. 2008a. External Memorandum: Changes to the Tailings Basin Flows in the Embarrass River
Watershed PolyMet RS-74. Memo to J. Scott and S. Arkley from K. Wenigmann, G.
Williams, and M. Wong. October 14, 2008.
---. 2008b. Lined Tailings Basin Alternative - EIS Data Request. Technical Memorandum from
Gregg Williams at Barr Engineering Company PolyMet Project File, Project No. 23/69-
862-006-001, 6 p. April 8.
---.2008c. RS13B – Tailings BasinMitigation Design Water Balance. Draft-01. September 8,
2008.
Preliminary Supplemental Draft Environmental Impact Statement (PSDEIS)
NorthMet Mining Project and Land Exchange
LIST OF REFERENCES REF-5 DRAFT WORK IN PROGRESS 2.0
This PSDEIS document is a Co-lead Agency provisional draft intended for internal review only.
Corrections, revisions, and changes will be made prior to the release of the SDEIS for public review and comment.
---. 2008d. RS22B – Mine Waste Water Management for the PolyMet NorthMet Mine Site,
Appendix B: Groundwater Modeling of the NorthMet Mine Site. Draft-03.
---.2008e. RS73B – Streamflow and Lake Level Changes: Hydrologic/Hydraulic Modeling
Results for the PolyMet NorthMet Mine Site. Draft-03. September 12, 2008.
---. 2008f. RS74A – Surface Water and Groundwater Quality Modeling: Mine Site. Draft-02.
September 16, 2008.
---. 2008g. RS74B – Surface Water and Groundwater Quality Modeling: Plant Site. Draft-02.
September 14, 2008.
---. 2008h. Technical Memorandum: Indirect Wetland Impacts at the Mine Site. June 2, 2008.
---. 2008i. Technical Memorandum: Plant Site Groundwater Impacts Predictions. November 12,
2008.
---. 2008j. Technical Memorandum: Water Quality Estimates for LTVSMC Tailings Basin Cell
2E and Cell 2W Seepage. February 8, 2008.
---. 2008k. Technical Memorandum: Wetland Impacts - Tailings Basin Mitigation Alternative.
June 2, 2008.
---. 2008l. Technical Memorandum: Wetland Impacts - Tailings Basin Mitigation Alternative.
May 28, 2008.
---. 2008m. RS20T – Wetland Mitigation Plan. Report Prepared for PolyMet Mining, Inc., Hoyt
Lakes, Minnesota. Minneapolis. Minnesota. Draft-04 January 15, 2008.
---. 2008n. RS57A – Stationary Point and Fugitive Source Emission Calculations for the
NorthMet Project Plant Site. November 2008.
---. 2009a. Cumulative Effects Analysis of Wildlife Habitat and Threatened and Endangered
Wildlife Species: Keetac Expansion Project. Prepared for U.S. Steel. February 2009.
---. 2009b. Draft 2009 Wild Rice and Sulfate Monitoring: Spring Mine Creek, Embarrass River,
Partridge River, Pike River, and Lower St. Louis River. Prepared for PolyMet Mining
Corporation. September 2009.
---. 2009c. Technical Memorandum: Colby Lake Water Quality Samples. April 7, 2009.
---. 2009d. Technical Memorandum: Results of Residential Well Sampling North of LTVSMC
Tailings Basin. January 27, 2009.
---. 2009e. Technical Memorandum: Results of Tailings Basin Hydrogeological Investigation.
June 2, 2009.
---. 2009f. Technical Memorandum: Tailings Basin Area Geologic and Hydrogeologic Setting.
Memo to Stuart Arkley, MDNR, from Tom Radue and Tina Pint, Barr. April 2, 2009.
---. 2009g. NorthMet Project Greenhouse Gas Emission Inventory & Energy and Efficiency
Analysis. March 2009.
---. 2009h. Technical memo: Results of site specific soil sorption.
Preliminary Supplemental Draft Environmental Impact Statement (PSDEIS)
NorthMet Mining Project and Land Exchange
LIST OF REFERENCES REF-6 DRAFT WORK IN PROGRESS 2.0
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Corrections, revisions, and changes will be made prior to the release of the SDEIS for public review and comment.
---. 2009i. Proposed Water Management Plan for the Mesabi Mining Project.
---. 2010a. 2009 Wild Rice Survey and Sulfate Monitoring Report prepared for Mesabi Nugget
Phase II.
---. 2010b. NorthMet Project Baseline Wetland Type Evaluation. Prepared for PolyMet Mining
Corporation. March 2010.
---. 2010c. Technical Memorandum: Results from the Additional Baseline Monitoring for Sulfate
and Methylmercury in the Embarrass River Watershed, July – November 2009. April 9,
2010.
---. 2010d. Wetland Hydrology Monitoring Report 2007-2009. Prepared for PolyMet Mining
Corporation. March 10, 2008.
---. 2011a. 2010 Wild Rice and Water Quality Monitoring Report: Second Creek, Spring Mine
Creek, Trimble Creek, Unnamed Creek (PM 11), Wyman Creek, Embarrass River,
Partridge River, Pike River, and St. Louis River. Prepared for PolyMet Mining
Corporation. January 2011.
---. 2011b. Aquatic Biota Survey Report for the NorthMet Project. Prepared for PolyMet Mining
Corporation PolyMet. August 2011.
---. 2011c. Mineral Character Determination Related to Exchange of Lands Between Polymet
Mining and USFS. Prepared for PolyMet Mining Corporation. December 1, 2011.
---. 2011d. NorthMet Project Baseline Wetland Type Evaluation. Report Prepared for PolyMet
Mining, Inc., Hoyt Lakes, Minnesota. Minneapolis: April 2011.
---. 2011f. RS71 - Cumulative Impacts Analysis, Assessment of Potential Ecosystem
Acidification Cumulative Impacts in Northeast Minnesota, NorthMet Project. Version 2.
November 2011.
---. 2011g. NorthMet Mine and Ore Processing Facility Project, Mineral Fibers Data Related to
the Processing of NorthMet Deposit Ore, Addendum 02, Fine Particle Air Emission
Control Technology Update. December 2011.
---. 2011h. Work Plan for a Supplemental Air Emissions Risk Analysis (AERA) for the NorthMet
Mine Site. Version 2: November 14, 2011.
---. 2012a. 2011 Wild Rice and Water Quality Monitoring - Second Creek, Spring Mine Creek,
Trimble Creek, Unnamed Creek PM 11, Wyman Creek, Embarrass River, Partridge
River, and Pike River. February 2012.
---. 2012b. Cumulative Impacts Analysis: Local Mercury Deposition and Bioaccumulation in
Fish. Prepared for PolyMet Mining Inc. July 2012.
---. 2012c. Cumulative Impacts Analysis Local Mercury Deposition and Bioaccumulation in Fish
NorthMet Project. April 2012.
---. 2012d. NorthMet Mine Site Water Modeling Work Plan, Version 6. 14 February 2012.
---. 2012e. NorthMet Plant Site Water Modeling Work Plan, Version 7. 13 April 2012.
Preliminary Supplemental Draft Environmental Impact Statement (PSDEIS)
NorthMet Mining Project and Land Exchange
LIST OF REFERENCES REF-7 DRAFT WORK IN PROGRESS 2.0
This PSDEIS document is a Co-lead Agency provisional draft intended for internal review only.
Corrections, revisions, and changes will be made prior to the release of the SDEIS for public review and comment.
---. 2012f. NorthMet Project Adaptive Water Management Plan, Version 2. 10 July 2012.
---. 2012g. Partridge River Hydrologic Impacts-XP-SWMM Results. December 10, 2012.
---. 2012h. Technical Memorandum: Summary of Water Related Model Calibrations and Plant
Site Corroborations. Technical Memorandum. From Greg Williams Barr Engineering , to
Erik Carlson MN DNR . 24 July 2012.
---. 2012i. NorthMet Memorandum: Traffic Information. February 8, 2012.
---. 2012k. Class I Area Air Dispersion Modeling Report v2 MAY2012.
---. 2012l. UpdatedCalcsMineSDEIS VER 10.0 10_27_12.xlsx.
---. 2012n. Class II Mine Site Air Quality Dispersion Modeling Report v1 MAY2012.pdf
---. 2012o. Class II Plant Site Air Quality Dispersion Modeling Report v1 AUG2012.pdf
---. 2012p. Class II Mine Site Air Quality Dispersion Modeling Report v2 AUG2012.pdf
---. 2012q. Class II Plant Site Air Quality Dispersion Modeling Report v2 NOV2012.pdf
---. 2012r. Mercury Emission Control Technology Review for NorthMet Project Processing Plant.
February 2012. Version 2.
---. 2012s. Green House Gas and Climate Change Evaluation, PolyMet Project. June 2012.
---. 2012v. Technical Memorandum: Response to Questions on Saline Groundwater. From John
Swenson and Jere Mohr to Bill Johnson. 7 September 2012.
---. 2013a. CDF059 Tributary Flow Augmentation. Ver. 4. January 25, 2013.
---. 2013b. Technical Memorandum: Ongoing data collection for the NorthMet water quality
modeling, aka Data Sufficiency Document – version 3. February 25, 2013.
---. 2013c. NorthMet Project - Local Mercury Deposition and Bioaccumulation in Fish
Addendum 01. March 13, 2013.
---. 2013d. UpdatedCalcsPlantVer7.0_02_26_13.xlsx.
---. 2013e. CDF 069.
---. 2013f. Water Modeling Results Version 5.
---. 2013g. Final Pilot Testing Report. Plane Site Wastewater Treatment Plant Pilot Testing
Program. Prepared for PolyMet Mining Inc. January 2013.
---. 2013h. Technical Memo: Background Concentration of Beryllium and Manganese. January 4,
2013.
---. 2013i. CDF061, 1.17.13.
---. 2013j. Air Emissions Risk Analysis – Mine Site Supplement V3Feb2013.pdf, page 90 of 119,
Large Figure 4.
---. 2013k. Air Emissions Risk Analysis – Plant Site Supplement V3Mar2013.pdf, page 113 of
1162, Large Figure 5.
Preliminary Supplemental Draft Environmental Impact Statement (PSDEIS)
NorthMet Mining Project and Land Exchange
LIST OF REFERENCES REF-8 DRAFT WORK IN PROGRESS 2.0
This PSDEIS document is a Co-lead Agency provisional draft intended for internal review only.
Corrections, revisions, and changes will be made prior to the release of the SDEIS for public review and comment.
---. 2013l. Technical Memorandum: NorthMet Flotation Tailings Basin: Containment System
Effects on Slope Stability. April 19, 2013.
---. 2013m. 2012 Wildrice and Water Quality Monitoring Summary. Prepared for PolyMet
Mining Inc. January 2013.
---. 2013n. CDF062 Colby Lake Probabilistic Water Quality, Version 2. January 31, 2013.
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Preliminary Supplemental Draft Environmental Impact Statement (PSDEIS)
NorthMet Mining Project and Land Exchange
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Corrections, revisions, and changes will be made prior to the release of the SDEIS for public review and comment.
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---. 2012. NorthMet Economic Impact 2011 Update: Economic Impact of PolyMet’s NorthMet
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Preliminary Supplemental Draft Environmental Impact Statement (PSDEIS)
NorthMet Mining Project and Land Exchange
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Corrections, revisions, and changes will be made prior to the release of the SDEIS for public review and comment.
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