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C~ <br />-88- <br />the west pit reclamation which will include a significant amount. of flat areas <br />that will be seeded with an appropriate species for wildlife habitat, the post <br />mining land use in this area. <br />Battle Mountain has not adequately addressed replacement of topsoils and <br />subsoils to reclaim the disturbed areas. I believe we've discussed this issue <br />earlier as well. Reclamation calls for 18 inches of growth medium material <br />which was the recommendation of Camille Farrell, the vegetation specialist <br />with the Mined Land Reclamation Staff. <br />Battle Mountain must monitor the heap leach area to insure the <br />surrounding soils are not contaminated by cyanide spray. We do not believe <br />that there will be a problem with this, due to the fact that there will be a <br />significant buffer area between the edge of the heap leach and the edge of the <br />liner material. And, in addition, there will be -- the edge of the heap leach <br />liner will key into the edge of the liner for the ditch carrying pipe line <br />solutions which creates a significant buffer zone for ar1Y spray that could <br />• occur. <br />MS. WINTER: About how wide is it7 <br />MR. BARRY: Excuse me, Margie. She just didn't hear you. <br />MR. DODSON: Anne, we don't use sprinklers, as well. <br />MS. BALDRIGE: Oh, I'm sorry, that's a very good point. Sprinklers -- <br />also the plan in Exhibit D does not call for use of sprinklers, iit calls for <br />emitters which are like drip irrigation, basically. <br />MS. WINTER: Okay. <br />MR. BARRY: So, there's -- do I take from that there is no F~roblem of <br />operating even in a high wind? <br /> <br />