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1 239 <br />' 1 tailings impoundment is of -- the material does not <br />2 constitute toxicity values which will be hazardous <br />3 to wildlife. <br /> 4 The experience -- and I've contacted <br /> 5 people extensively and worked with people in iother <br /> 6 areas -- and the general criteria, 50 parts per <br /> 7 million, it's generally considered a level which is <br /> 8 acceptable within these impoundments. <br /> 9 The -- there is other water available <br /> l0 i <br />th <br />h <br />i <br />i <br /> n <br />e area. T <br />ere <br />s R <br />to Seco, there are other <br /> 11 ponds, and the small bodies of water does not <br /> 12 present an att=active area for either wildlife or <br /> 13 waterfowl to use. There will be some occasional <br /> la use, but experience has shown that between 50 and <br /> 15 100 parts per million of cyanide is tolerated. <br /> 16 Below that, an order of magnitude lower, whether it <br />' 17 t <br />d <br />ill <br />i <br /> comes ou <br />an <br />w <br />be even lower than that when <br />t <br /> 18 gets to the pond. <br /> 19 There was a question raised about the <br /> 20 hazard to the elk of re-vegetating to a large <br /> 21 grassland as opposed to the sagebrush shrub or the <br />' 22 pinon juniper. The grassland habitat within this <br /> 23 area is extensive. There are areas to the nortt of <br /> 24 th <br />h <br /> ere w <br />ere there are open grasslands without <br /> 25 shrubs. - <br />' AGREN, BLANDO fi BILLINGS <br /> <br />