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A photographic record of embankment and disposal area development <br />will be started before deposition, and will be continued at regular <br />intervals during the life of the facility. <br />2.0 Monitoring Plan <br />The monitoring plan may be divided into six basic areas; initial <br />tailings construction monitoring, monitoring of the disposal area and <br />embankment, monitoring of elements which affect the mass and water balance <br />of the disposal area, monitoring of the hydrologic system at the San Luis <br />Project, monitoring of pit inflows and monitoring in response to a spill. <br />2.1 Initial Construction Monitoring <br />After construction of the Phase I embankment, a series of <br />monitoring instruments will be installed in the embankment crest. <br />These instruments are designed to provide data on the performance <br />of the embankment after the embankment is constructed. The <br />monitoring system consists of surface settlement sensors and <br />piezometers placed at selected locations. The piezometers would be <br />located so as to detect the development of phreatic head within the <br />drainage blanket and embankment fill. The settlement sa_nsors will <br />provide data on the vertical surface displacements of the embankment <br />and give some indication of its 'en-masse' consolidation <br />characteristics. <br />Post installation baseline data from the instruments will be <br />obtained prior to operation of the facilities. After commencement <br />of operation, readings of all instruments will be taken once each <br />month until trends are established. At that point BMR will submit <br />a technical revision to the MLRD showing the established trends and <br />requesting a reduction in the frequency of readings. All results <br />will be recorded and plotted. Additional readings will be taken <br />whenever the rate or method of operation is modified. <br />