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plan to include backfilling of the West Pit (SRK, 1994). The original permit, the • permit amendment, and TR-18 addressed the specific mining activity through anticipated project reclamation. This permit amendment further elaborates on specific closure and reclamation issues associated with the West Pit ground water system as well as addressing ancillary components of the original permit given the current status of conditions at the San Luis Project. In particulaz, the following topics will be addressed in this permit amendment: 1. Amend [he permit boundary to incorporate the areas included in the revised West Pit water management plan 2. Amend the surface and ground water monitoring plan to reflect the current status of site-wide closure and reclamation 3. Amend the post-reclamation land use description to incorporate the revised West Pit water management plan 4. Amend the description of final closure and reclamation of the tailing • disposal azea The main reason for submitting this permit amendment is to revise the long-term West Pit water management plan as was originally presented in the TR-26 document (SMI, 1999). In brief, the revised West Pit water management plan will consist of the following elements: e Ground water elevation in the West Pit will be maintained at 8540 feet above mean sea level by continuing ground water pumping from BF-SR and BF-4 (BF-3 as a backup well). • Pumped ground water will be transferred by buried pipeline to the former Shalom Ranch owned by BMRI adjacent to the existing permit azea to the west. • Water transferred from the West Pit will be used as irrigation water at the ranch. • During the period November to March, transferred water will be stored in an engineered irrigation pond at the ranch. • Battle Mountain Resources, lnc. 2 Tetesto Solutions, Inc. P:Wmjectd2l2-Newmnt(SaN.eis)\SeNuisWe~md AmevGmem- Wct Pit Ma~ugemevt~PenouAme~Mmenlv3.tfoc /Uly 2~