1990-11-15_REVISION - M1988112 ‎(2)‎

• Permit No: M1988112
• IBM Index Class Name: Revision
• Doc Date: 11/15/1990
• Doc Name: CONTINUATION OF TRANSCRIPT
• Type & Sequence: AM1
• Media Type: D
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' 1 will endanger the contamination of the groundwater
2 with cyanide and other hazardous materials.
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4 consideration because of the threat to the town's
5 water supply and to the town vega. San Luis is on
' 6 the national register of historic places. Part of
7 the historic district is the town vega, which is
8 some 600 acres of a common pasturing groun3, similar
9 to the Boston Commons and unique in American
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' 11 The vega lies directly in the path of a
12 possible tailings pile overtopping. In the waste
' 13 rock disposal area, we will challenge the testing by
14 Battle Mountain Gold which establishes that these
15 materials will not be toxic.
16 Because of their conclusion, Battle
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' 18 the water at the waste rock sites, despite, again,
19 potential threats to ground and surface water
' 20 contamination.
21 Regarding water quality and water
' 22 quantity, the Board may well assert that these are
' 23 water court issues. But our position will remain
24 firm, that Battle Mountain Gold cannot begirt
' 25 operations until their water rights are firmly in
' AGREN, BLANDO S BILLINGS