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~~i~~~iiirriiii~r~i <br />` ~ <br />S-an Lu~~~ <br />~~~ ~~~ The company has cut the ~ya- <br />nide level fmm a high of 230 p/eb <br />~~ per million in April to 130 pp . ~y <br />~J~~,~~ June 15 and then dramatically.Ggt <br />it to 80 ppm within the next e~g~t <br />1'IJJl ope~.ttons nLr., r days, using hydrogen peroxilde, <br />Viti said Jim Pendleton, technical avid <br />scientific coordinator for .tdle <br />despite pond cyanide board. <br />By Kit Miniclier Noting the dramatic drop, Pam <br />Denver Post Stan writer dleton said the board gave.,rtliE <br />The Colorado Mined Land l~ec- company a July 3 deadline to ;b- <br />lamation Board agreed yesterday duce the concentration to 50 pp/n. <br />to permit the Battle Mountain A dose o[ 20 to 40 ppm is enough. <br />Gold Co. to continue full opeEg= to kill wildlife, board staffers sail) <br />lions, despite the excessive lave s in April. ~ •. ~- <br />of cyanide in a tailings pond alfn~ Rather than shut the operation <br />San Luis. down, as proposed by Flynn dittil <br />"The board's action undermines excessive cyanide levels are eltifli- <br />thecredibility of the state's mining Hated, Pendleton prefers to keep <br />regulation system and does oath- the company's 110 employes on'tlie <br />ing to alleviate the tear of citiaeus job, ready to respond with shoiY~y <br />who live near the cyanide ponfis," if needed in an emergency. „ , , <br />said attorney Roger Flynn of •tge The mining operation at thq;,i'$- <br />Land and Water Fund, which gyp- month-old, ;54 million firm ~ra- <br />resented aSan Luis citizens' group daces 5,000 tons of ore a day and <br />before the board. has used 10,000 pounds of cyatµde <br />Both sides agree there isn't `any to date in the treatment pro¢esf: <br />evidence of cyanide leakage•nnd The company itself notified EIiB <br />the board has ordered continued board last April of the increaaa,+- <br />reduction of the cyanide level 'and and the board imposed a ;161{,800 <br />intensified monitoring to guard fine in April for permitting,'the <br />against leaks. ~ t buildup o[ ezcessive cyanide Jev- <br />On May 28 the board gave.the e~' •' <br />company a June 24 deadline to re- <br />duce the cyanide concentration of <br />its tailings pond to the origii'~1 <br />permit level of 4.4 parts per [hR- <br />tion. <br />