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-28- <br />MR. BARRY: I understand. I mean I think our law does not say we have to <br />do that. Our law says that the operator must reasonably reclaim the <br />property. This Board gets to decide what's reasonable under the circumstances. <br />MR. JOUFLAS: Davis? <br />MR. HOLDER: Mr. Chairman, as frequently occurs, we have conflicting <br />testimony from experts. On the matter of vegetation, we've heard from our own <br />reclamation experts, from those retained by the operator and I would presume <br />reports from the SCS and so on. And now we hear something that conflicts with <br />that. The same is true of the acid generation and perhaps the road erosion. <br />I don't know. It seems to me like it would be wise if you could hear from <br />this witness some testimony as to his qualifications to address sll these <br />matters. It may well came down to where we have to decide between several <br />experts and we need to know who is the most expert. <br />• MR. R. COHEN: I would be more than happy to address that, if you like. <br />MR. HOLDER: A1.1 right. <br />MR. R. COHEN: Is that proper? <br />MR. JOUFLAS: That would be fine. <br />MR. R. COHEN: For the last three years, since I've been at Colorado <br />School of Mines, ~ research almost exclusively has been on acid mine drainage <br />and mining related problems concerning water quality. I have worked <br />extensively in the North Clear Creek and Clear Creek Basins and at the <br />Blackhawk/Central City Superfund site, addressing the problems associated with <br />metal generation, sulfate and acid generation from the tailings ~in that whole <br />region. I'm currently funded to the tune of X30,000.00 from the Emerging <br />Technologies -- EPA Section -- of Emerging Technologies for construction of a <br />new treatment process for mine drainage on the B-5 tunnel in Idaho Springs. I <br />