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III IIIIIilllllll III <br />999 <br />BATTLE MOUNTAIN RESOURCES, INC. <br />RECEIVED <br />July 10, 1995 <br />Jim Dillie <br />Division of Minerals and Geology <br />1313 Sherman Street, Room 215 <br />Denver, Colorado 80203 <br />Dear Mr. Dillie: <br />JUL 7 3 1995 <br />Divieion of Minerals 5 Geology <br />~~ <br />A~ ~ {j -mat), cnQ-Grua <br />This letter is in response to your letter dated June 30, 1995. The following is our understanding <br />of the status of outstanding items and an expected time frame for responding to those items <br />which require a response from BMRI. <br />I. Outstanding Technical Revisions <br />A. TR- l5 Monitoring groundwater beneath tailings facility upon closure. )~MRI is in <br />the process of reviewing the status and determining an appropriate response to outstanding <br />comments on TR-15. Our initial review indicates that drilling and monitoring of the angle holes <br />may not be as effective as.origina((y hoped. We are revisiting other methods to accomplish the <br />monitoring objectives. . We hope to have responses back {o'you by September: . <br />B; '~R-17 ,Process Flriid Transfer Pfocedures. Our letfer to the Division dated July 7, <br />1995 should answer all ofttieDivisionsconeerris`atidt`oftlinehts3 •'='~/~=• / ~ ..•: - <br />C. TR-18 Permit.Nlodification, Partial bac!<filling of West Pit. Additional geochemical <br />information and request for conditional approval `will be'S6nt to'the Division July-12, 199. <br />D. TR-22 Environmental 1?rotection.Plan. We have received your comments on TR-22 <br />and are in the process of gathering additional information. BMRI expects to have responses to <br />you by the end of July. <br />[I. Outstanding issues from 1992 N.O.V. <br />It is our understanding that the abatement schedule is no longer required. Although we <br />have not received written comments from the Division on our initial Reclamation Evaluation <br />Report, we did meet with the llrvision and we are prepxriug a sunun;Ly of rasporsec to <br />comments raised by the Division during the meeting. We expect to have this sttbm~ttal ready in <br />early September. Should you send us something prior to September we will be prepared to <br />answer any of your questions in this submittal as well. <br />III. Other outstanding issues <br />A. Phase II Raise I approval. We appreciate receiving approval for Phase II raise l and <br />consider that issue resolved. <br />B. M-l4 water level readings. A letter regarding water level readings of M-14 will be <br />sent under separate cover.. <br />C. INCO monitoring. Different requirencuts for INCO monitoring were contained in <br />TR-006 and TR-O] 0. Since TR-006. was approved after TR-010 there has been sorme confusion <br />over which requirements apply. We have submitted TR-023 in an attempt to clarify this <br />confusion. <br />iLE MOUNTAIN <br />G D COMPANY <br />~w~ $J <br />~ g to-4 b~ <br />A SURSIDlARY OF BATTLE MOUNfAI,V GOLD COM1IPANY <br />P.O. BOX 31U SAN LUIS, COLORADO 81152-0310 (719) 672 776? FAX (719) 672-3767 <br />