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<br /> <br />9 <br /> 1 remainder of what I have to say. Of course, these <br /> 2 are interrelated. If it's concluded that the <br /> 3 taili <br />t <br />t <br />ll <br />b <br />i <br /> ngs were <br />o <br />y <br />en <br />a <br />gn, then security of the <br /> 4 liner around and beneath the tailings wouldn't be a <br /> 5 major issue. <br /> 6 It is my concern and the concern of <br /> 7 other knowledgeable experts with whom I ]nave <br /> 8 discussed this situation that that's not an <br /> 9 assurance which we can take for granted .in this <br />' l0 it <br />ti <br /> s <br />ua <br />on. <br /> it What I would like to do first is talk <br /> 12 about the tailings and then, secondly, about the <br />' 13 liner and the groundwater threats that I think are <br /> 14 present here. <br />' 15 It is worth noting that decontaminating <br /> 16 or lowering the cyanide level in discharges from <br /> <br /> 17 mills is standard practice in the gold mining <br />' 18 industry, but that the method that's being used here <br /> 19 is not one of the most widespread ones. The cyanide <br />' 20 in these tailings is not being directly neutralized. <br /> 21 Instead, by changing the pH of the tailings, the <br /> 22 that the tailin <br />s will -- the <br />it <br /> perm <br />g <br />proposes <br /> 23 cyanide will be converted from pre-cyanide ion into <br /> 24 hydrogen cyanide and then volatilized. <br /> 25 In the staff review, the assumption was <br />I AGREN, BLANDO S BILLINGS <br /> <br />