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.. .: -z- 8. The operator will monitor the groundwater monitoring wells in Wilson Gulch in addition to the ones in Arequa Gulch on a monthly basis and provide the complete suite analysis on a quarterly basis. The analysis will include cyanide (WAD) and free cyanide. 9. If free or WAD cyanide is detected in the effluent from the Arequa Gulch underdrain, or in any of the monitoring wells surrounding the heap leach, the Office will conclude that heap leach containment has been lost. If free or WAD cyanide-contaminated effluent enters the leak detection system trenches and sumps at a rate exceeding one (1) gpd per acre, the Office will conclude that heap leach containment has been lost. The operator shall notify the Office within 24 hours in the event of any of these occurrences. Further, the operator shall immediately cease application of leaching solution to the heap leach and initiate detoxification within one week. Detoxification shall continue until an acceptable remedy has been approved by the OMLR and implemented by the permittee. All fluid volumes collected from the leak detection sumps shall be inventoried by sump weekly and reported to the OMLR in writing once a month. All contaminated fluids (those fluids containing free or WAD Cyanide greater than baseline concentrations or exceeding applicable water quality standards, whichever is less) from the Arequa Gulch underdrain shall be collected, stored (not to exceed 60 days), detoxified and released. Under no circumstance shall any of this contaminated effluent be introduced into the heap leach. The permittee shall develop a plan for the collection, storage, detoxification and disposal of all fluids collected from the Arequa Gulch underdrain. No leaching solution shall be applied to the heap leach facility until this plan has been approved by the Office. 10. Contaminated fluids from the leak detection system trenches and sumps shall be disposed of as follows. Up to ten gallons per minute of effluent collected from the leak detection system may be introduced into the heap leach solution circuit. Contaminated fluids collected from the leak detection system in excess of ten gallons per minute shall be collected, stored (not to exceed 60 days), detoxified and released, in accordance with the plan for contaminated fluids from the Arequa Gulch underdrain. All fluids introduced from the leak detection system into the heap leach solution circuit shall be inventoried using appropriate metering and recording procedures. The fluid volume introduced into the heap leach shall be reported to the Office in writing once a month. The permittee shall develop a plan to adjust the heap leach fluid inventory (water balance) so as to maintain the saturated level below the 80 percent level. No contaminated fluid collected from the leak detection system over and above the calculated rate of 1.0 gpd per acre shall be introduced into the heap leach until this plan has been approved by the Office. t 1. In the event that any fluid is encountered in the leak detection system, the frequency of monitoring in wells surrounding the heap leach shall be increased, at a frequency acceptable to the Office. The permittee shall inform the Office within 24 hours following the detection of fluid in the leak detection system. The permittee shall submit a plan for increased monitoring to the Office within one week from the time the fluid is first detected. 12. The applicant will complete additional shear strength testing of the leach pad interfaces in accordance with the recommendations of the Office and the third party reviewer. Subject to the results of the additional testing, the applicant will submit design modifications and