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decantation systems and pumping facilities? How much money is required? Are these items necessary in perpetuity? How much maintenance is required? A. The amendments we have requested do not propose any change in the size or location of our final water management facilities; nor do they propose any change in our commitment to manage them. Operation and maintenance of water management facilities will remain the responsibility of Climax Molybdenum Company, or whomever else might assume this responsibility through acqui- sition of the property and proper permit trans- fer . Monitoring systems will be established to insure that the facilities accomplish their task. We estimate that the post-mining average annual maintenance cost of water management facilities will range from $100 , 000 to $200, 000 . Facili- ties such as the decantation system, interceptor canals and pumping facilities should not be required in perpetuity; nor will reservoirs and tunnels necessarily be maintained in perpetuity. However , existing structures or substitutes will be maintained as needed to protect the Company' s water rights . 11. Q. Who will maintain and operate post-mining water treatment facilities? Who will pay the estimated $500 , 000 . 00/year operating costs? How long will water treatment have to be continued? A. The amendments we have requested do not propose any change in our post-mining water treatment plans . Climax Molybdenum Company, or whomever else might assume this responsibility through acquisition of the property and proper permit transfer , will maintain and operate the post- mining water treatment facilities. The current $500,000 annual operating cost should not apply to the post-mining situation, because there will be no post-mining industrial water system; we will only be concerned with seep water from -12-