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<br />EXHIBIT G -WATER INFORMATION <br />Section G.2 Surface Water <br />Section G.2.1 Site Description <br />85. Please include Sodium Adsorption Ration (SAR) as one of the parameters <br />measured in the water quality analyses. Please specify which species of <br />cyanide will be analysed; it recommended that free and total cyanide plus <br />thiocyanate (a compound which often skews the free cyanide reading) be <br />analysed. <br />86. Please indicate when the water quality monitoring relults will be <br />submitted to the Division. <br />87. Please include surface and ground water monitoring stations down-gradient <br />from the heap pad and the southern waste rock/tailing disposal facility, and a <br />surface water monitorring station downstream of the old heap and upstream of <br />the proposed tailing/waste rock disposal facility. <br />EXHIBIT H - Wildlife <br />88. The Staff contacted Battle Mountain's attorney, A. Walter Wise, <br />requesting that a copy of the application be sent to the Colorado Division of <br />Wildlife (DOW) for their review and comment, if any. <br />89. The Mined Land Reclamation Board's consideration of Earth Sciences, <br />Inc.'s 1983 amendment to the currently existing permit No. M-79-021 noted the <br />DOW's July 17, 1983 recommendation for site closure between January 1 and <br />March 31 of each year, as the mine site is considered as critical deer and elk <br />wintering range. The Board approved the amendment with a specific statement <br />encouraging the company to establish a policy minimizing the possibility of <br />poaching or other damage to wildlife. Please specify what, if any, provisions <br />have been postulated to accomodate the Board's request. <br />