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1 <br />1 <br />' 13 <br /> 1 to jaded by what it is we see--to people who live in this area, I <br />' 2 think these are probably really serious environmental problems, <br /> 3 but I hope you understand this Board comes with a prospectus that <br />' 4 problems we deal with like abandoned pools of cyanide mixed with <br /> 5 flowing streams, you know, hundred-acres areas where no <br />1 6 l <br />i <br />ll h <br />b <br /> rec <br />amat <br />on at a <br />as <br />een done and tailings are blowing. <br />' 7 When you see our insignificant to severe and this isn't <br /> 8 severe, the reasoning is that there aren't any toxic chemicals <br /> 9 involved. You know, there is no eminent threat to human life. <br /> 10 Unless somebody's up that canyon and one of the rocks <br />' 11 b <br />d d <br />B <br />t I <br />I <br />l <br />d <br />i <br />l <br />b <br />i <br />th <br />t <br /> ounce <br />own. <br />u <br />guess <br />conc <br />u <br />e s <br />mp <br />y <br />y say <br />ng <br />a <br />, you <br />' 12 know, I look at say a couple of cases we did this morning where <br /> 13 we had, you know, one case two hundred feet along a gulch that's <br />' 14 dug up basically by hand with a little help from a backhoe, and <br /> 15 we find that a violation and, you know, we can fit 10 of them <br />' 16 into these scares <br /> . <br />' 17 I guess I have to come done and say I don't feel that <br /> 18 there is any reason to be punitive here, I am glad the company <br />' 19 brought this matter to our attention, but for the reasons I <br /> 20 outlined moat specifically I am afraid of our losing our handle <br />' 21 with this, I am not comfortable with not finding a violation. <br />' 22 I have said enough to this, I think at this time I am <br /> 23 going to clam up but I did want to state my view. <br />' 24 MR. O'CONNOR: Addressing your first point, that is an <br /> <br />1 25 excellent point that I have not given consideration to. It <br />