The core of the permit consists of nine Environmental Protection Facilities (“EPFs”), which are: 1) Mill Building, 2) Ore Stockpile Area, 3) Laboratory Facility, 4) Leach Plant Building, 5) Flood Protection Dike, 6) Plant Waste Water Disposal, 7) Groundwater intercept Drain, 8) Upland Stormwater Intercept Ditch, and 9) Mill Tailings Repository. The DRMS approved the first eight EPFs, and work has commenced in these areas.