SPEAKER INDEX CONTENTS INSERTS BILL CONDIT 5 BLACKWELL 79 84 CARPENTER 60 61 62 68 73 CHAIRMAN 4 CHRISTINE KENNEDY 4 CUBIN 7 8 13 15 16 18 21 24 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 36 38 40 45 46 47 50 53 56 58 60 61 62 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 77 79 80 83 84 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 DEBORAH LANZONE 5 DENIO 13 15 DROZDOFF 75 76 78 89 90 91 92 93 ELIZABETH MEGGINSON 4 ESPELL 15 16 24 26 28 30 31 FRANZOIA 58 63 64 75 GADT 83 84 85 90 91 GIBBONS 11 24 25 40 41 42 43 44 45 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 96 GUSTIN 36 44 HACKWORTH 50 65 66 JOHN LAWRENCE 4 JONES 21 25 29 32 LESPERANCE 53 66 67 71 72 73 LLOYD A. JONES 4 MILES 56 63 70 71 MYERS 32 41 42 43 45 46 47 PRESLEY 38 40 49 RIVERSCOUNCIL 80 86 87 88 89 94 95 SHARLA BICKLEY 5 UPTON 18 24 26 27 28 30 31 CONTENTS SPEAKERS INSERTS STATEMENT OF HON. BARBARA CUBIN, A REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS FROM THE STATE OF WYOMING PAGE 8 STATEMENT OF HON. JIM GIBBONS, A REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS FROM THE STATE OF NEVADA PAGE 11 STATEMENT OF HON. HARRY REID, A SENATOR IN THE CONGRESS FROM THE STATE OF NEVADA PAGE 13 STATEMENT OF RON A. ESPELL, ENVIRONMENTAL SUPERINTENDENT, BARRICK GOLDSTRIKE MINES, INC. PAGE 16 STATEMENT OF BILL W. UPTON, MANAGER, ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS, PLACER DOME U.S., INC. PAGE 18 STATEMENT OF MARTIN R. JONES, SENIOR MANAGER, NV ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE, NEWMONT GOLD CO. PAGE 21 STATEMENT OF TOM MYERS, CONSULTANT TO GREAT BASIN MINE WATCH PAGE 32 STATEMENT OF GENE GUSTIN, PUBLIC LAND USE ADVISORY COUNCIL TO THE ELKO COUNTY COMMISSION PAGE 36 STATEMENT OF EDWARD L. PRESLEY, NATIONAL DIRECTOR, COUNTY ALLIANCE TO RESTORE THE ECONOMY & ENVIRONMENT (CAREE) PAGE 38 STATEMENT OF ROYCE HACKWORTH, CHAIRMAN, ELKO COUNTY COMMISSION PAGE 50 STATEMENT OF ANTHONY L. LESPERANCE, ELKO COUNTY COMMISSIONER PAGE 53 STATEMENT OF ZANE MILES, DEPUTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY, EUREKA COUNTY PAGE 56 STATEMENT OF MICHAEL J. FRANZOIA, MAYOR, CITY OF ELKO PAGE 58 STATEMENT OF JOHN CARPENTER, ASSEMBLYMAN, NEVADA LEGISLATURE PAGE 60 STATEMENT OF LEO DROZDOFF, BUREAU CHIEF, MINING REGULATION & RECLAMATION, NEVADA DIVISION OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, NEVADA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES PAGE 75 STATEMENT OF JACK BLACKWELL, DEPUTY REGIONAL FORESTER, INTERMOUNTAIN REGION, U.S. FOREST SERVICE, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE PAGE 79 STATEMENT OF JEAN RIVERS-COUNCIL, ASSOCIATE STATE DIRECTOR, NEVADA STATE OFFICE, BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR PAGE 80 STATEMENT OF LARRY O. GADT, DIRECTOR, MINERALS AND GEOLOGY MANAGEMENT, U.S. FOREST SERVICE PAGE 83 INSERTS SPEAKERS CONTENTS NO INSERTS IN THIS HEARING