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<br />Section D.7 Heap Leach Facilities Description <br />Section D.7.3.2 Geochemical Characteristics <br />25. Please describe how the 1 to 4 bed volumes of fresh water rinsing of the <br />columns relates to the proposed reclamation plan rinsing efforts. <br />27. Will the heap be a compilation of individual heaps with their own berm <br />system throughout the life of the project, or will interstage berms be removed <br />as construction of one stage is complete, joining the individual rock masses <br />into one heap? <br />29. Please specify how the clay liner will be improved to achieve the <br />required permeability rating if the lab results indicate that the required <br />permeability has not been achieved. <br />35. Neither section C-C', D-D' nor F-F' illustrate the facility pipeline <br />corridor. Please provide amended Figures to include these features. <br />40. WHAT DOES THE REST OF THE STAFF THINK??? personally, i think that the <br />pond berms should be raised to add a spillway, thereby not impinging on the 2 <br />ft. of dry freeboard. I would hate to see the entire pond fail and flow down <br />the drainage carrying operating solutions ( with pH ranina from 11~-12 and <br />cyanide concentrations of 500 ppm or are ate r) because the operator does not <br />want to incur the (minor?) expense of constructing and lining 2 additional <br />feet (or whatever a reasonable height for a functional spillway would be) of <br />pond perimeter ::: Am i paranoid??? <br />42. Are the ponds designed to contain 1.5 ft. of sediment? If sediment <br />levels are in excess of 2.5 ft., wouldn't that eliminate the 2 ft. of <br />freeboard? <br />Section D.8 Project Water Balance <br />Section D.8.2 Heap Leach Facility <br />46. Prior to land application of excess heap-detoxification/rinse water, <br />Battle Mountain Gold must present the plan, as a technical revision requiring <br />Division review and approval prior to implementation, which may include site <br />location, quantity and quality of the proposed solution, results from <br />site-specific soil and vegetation sampling, and a plan to monitor 1rhe effects, <br />if any, land application of the heap effluent has upon the soils arod vegetation <br />