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Reclamation
Alternatives
-
Pit
Lake Alternative
- Allowed if water met reclamation standards
- Water exceeded standard for selenium (0.443
ppm (8/5/98) vs. 0.05 ppm (Reclamation Standard))
- Allowed leaving fifty (50) percent of the highwalls
in place (North and West highwalls)
- Required sloping of the South and East sides of
the pit.
- No reclamation standard for dissolved uranium
- Least costly alternative
