GENERAL40144

• Permit No: M1999002
• IBM Index Class Name: General Documents
• Doc Date: 7/22/1999
• Doc Name: FINAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT VOLUME 2
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

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the long sun. eo accurate st atie[lce. •ccurete rater
stet Ltice •re import ant.
T he to 1• some quee[Son whether [he
etati •tice in the current EIB •ra accurate. And I
•ould hope chat [het issue could be resolved, oe Bob
hoe euggeeCed, with ref ezence Co accurate end
long-tern water date.
Also, it's vital to maintain an ongoing
monitoring program du slog the sou wee of the project
end efts rwa rde, not only during Che mining operation.
during the years of mining operation, however long
t Aat coot loos e, but •Lee beyond the termination of
Che mining operaclen.
Things tan change when systems ere not
maintained at the end of •n operation. The ground
water quality may decerlov t• even •Ltar the soda
eperat ion wit hdraw• Lrom the project.
6o I would hope shat nonltoring [he project
will be eetabl lake d, prate rably operated by a
disantereaced third party end chat that ptoJett would
ton[Snue beyond Che duration of CM mining oper atlmt
itself.
Also el ong those linen, I would mope that
or I would •u99est that i[ might be well [or BLN to
require a bond of soma •ort from [ne mining comDeny
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[or re nedleelon SC there la de cerloretlon 1n water
quality or in ocher an vlronman Cal fact ore Sneurrad by
the mini ng ape ration. Thl^ has bean done in other
counties with similar prejecca, such ae, 1 chink, 1n
eunnLon County. And [ ehlnk lt'• • raeeonebl•
re quf rement of a mining operation to •et aside, !n
escrow pe rho pa, a cart sin proportl on of the pro[1ce
in the operation to •p ply to remedlaclon •t the
termination o[ the project [or, again, In [ha ya •r•
beyond th• termin•of on it •Sgnlflc•nt Smpaeee occur.
Jue[ like re n[are de posit a dannge deposit
at [he tine they sign the lease, I thf nk St behooves
the mining ops wet ion to do elmllaxly.
Tha re ere other conment• on nines ie su ee
chat I might make but I think t'll ecoD there.
In summery, again. the rater quality !n
tht• region Se of vit nl concern end I hope Chet every
effort rill be made te, first of ell, eecabl ieh en
accurate baseline for racer quel Sty, main uln •n
ongoing monl[oring system ee provided Eor
remedLetlon, L[ meta wary, hape[ully not, el the mu1
of [he operation.
Thank you.
MR. N6N LNOPF: Thp nk you, Nr. Oe react.
Any of new folks vent to •ey anything
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