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• iii iiii~iiii~tiiiii • ..• 51 ~•_ __._.__~. _. Battle Mountain outfit seeks minimal discharge permit I The Puebb Chieftain .'. signed to treat water from the par- amount of time before the evapo- An official of Battle Mountain tially backfilled west San Luis prt. ration process ends and all water Resources [tic. said Monday the He said the company has asked is allowed to return to the stream. company has applied fora minim- for the interim permit so it can Earlier this month, the Colora- al discharge permit from the Colo- immediately begta treating the do Department of Public Health rado Department of Public Health water, rather than waiting the sev- and the Environment notified Bat- and the Environment:. - _, eral months required to obtain fi- tle Mountain that discharges of - J ~' nal treatment its. pollutants into Rito Seco Creek at - •~~Thq' permit .would allow .the ~, . the mine were in violation of the ~ - , i company to begin treating water, '~, In'.eceoidanm..with an earlier Clean Water Act.. " . - which .ezoeeds certaia standards,, `'plea developed :{with'the Colorado ' active operations at the San ' aC, its~San Luis rtune ;near San" _'Department o(3~finerals and Ge- Luis mine ceased in 1996, and a Luis - ology; Atha codrtpany has con- reclamation program is in its final ' :=Mine manager Danny ~Rob• strutted isolation structures and stages,accordtngto[hecompany. ~ ertson said the company has put has been pumping and evaporat- Robertson said the company in place a membrane separation ing the waur. The treatment sys- will continue to work closely with and~6ltration plant that is de- tem is expected, to shorten the thn agencies involved. _ ~_ i ,~ - - l-r - Y' ", -,'3k.i..y`~"r=~T`U'~T~`4'X'"'ay~3..v~'r, ,r~i.-£M.^,Yy.~.~~ ~ ~ .: a ~i~ _ .•Y.• Y ~ `-i.. ..ta.\" ~.. r~. .a, r.~,... ~_:~~t .l fem. .:. .. - ', ~. .. . .. .~ ~ -