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<br />1 lI1ediuin:,ahd that the impact would be an increased habitat <br /> <br />2 for rare species in the alpine tundra, which to me really <br /> <br />3 might even be a positive impact, though this is a value judg- <br /> <br />. ment. <br /> <br />S I look at consumers, and here we're talking about <br /> <br />6 animals such as elk, small mammals, which we felt might be <br /> <br />1 indicator organisms; and essentially, again, it is medium to <br /> <br />8 low or none in almost every case. <br /> <br />9 One of the areas which I think is of particular <br /> <br />10 interest to the lay public is the effects of silver. We find <br /> <br />11 that on a short-term basis we can't even tell if there has <br /> <br />12 been extra silver added because there is so much background <br /> <br />13 silver already in the soil, we can't even find any extra <br /> <br />14 silver effect. <br /> <br />IS <br /> <br />And I don't want to fool you. At the generator <br /> <br />18 <br /> <br />site, within 50 feet of it there, we find a slight increase <br />I <br />I <br />in the amount of silver. Essentially, we estimate that on <br /> <br />11 <br /> <br />18 <br /> <br />a less than five-year program, there will be no impact of <br /> <br />19 <br /> <br />silver. <br /> <br />20 <br /> <br />In experimental situations on bacteria and fungi <br /> <br />21 <br /> <br />we could not even show any negative effect of the heavy metal <br /> <br />22 <br /> <br />silver on them. On a 50 to 100 year we find that there might <br /> <br />23 <br /> <br />possibly be a low effect and that, question mark, it might <br /> <br />24 <br /> <br />possibly affect the decomposition. <br /> <br />2S <br /> <br />As far as the so-called abiotic factors, in other <br /> <br />-40- <br />