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1 <br />272 <br />' <br /> 1 that thing is in t he wrong place. Now, this meeting <br /> 2 is a very hostile environment to the average <br /> 3 citizen. This is a place, this is a jungle for <br /> 4 technical and lega lese, and it's designed in favor <br /> 5 of the applicant. <br /> 6 I wish that <br />ou would consider the <br /> y <br />' 7 motives why people are saying what they are saying. <br /> 8 Battle Mountain is here because they are concerned <br />' 9 about money, about gold, about water, and about more <br /> 10 money. <br />11 We are here because we are concerned <br /> 12 about healthy people, about land that can be used, <br />' 13 about and about air that is <br />water that is clean <br /> , <br /> 14 clean. <br /> 15 The location of that tailings dam is <br /> 16 crucia l. It's located in the flood plain, to start <br /> 17 with. If it was in a metropolitan area, that <br /> 18 facili ty would not exist. The soil beneath it is <br /> 19 sandy loam, which means that if there is a lea:K or a <br />' 20 spill, it will go through that material. What's <br />' 21 undern eath is the aquifer. That's our drinking <br /> 22 water for the town of San Luis. <br />' 23 The city water well is 2 miles awa} from <br /> 24 that. The allowable leakage rate which you approved <br />' 25 would allow potentially thousands of gallons of <br />AGREN, BLANDO & BILLINGS <br /> <br />