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Group sues over Cotter uranium mill cleanup
September 22, 2010 1:23 PM
A citizens group has filed a lawsuit accusing Colorado regulators of failing to require Cotter Corp. to set aside enough money to clean up its uranium mill in Canon City. Colorado Citizens Against Toxic Waste filed the lawsuit in Denver District Court against the state health department and others.... more » -
Colorado Senate passes uranium cleanup bill
April 28, 2010 5:25 PM
The state Senate has passed a bill requiring uranium mines and mills to clean up radioactive waste before accepting more radioactive material. The Senate voted 24-9 in favor of the bill Wednesday. It now heads back to the House, where backers hope lawmakers will agree with changes made in... more » -
Feds to restore bird habitat at Superfund site
November 25, 2009 7:26 AM
Federal officials plan to restore migratory bird habitat around a Denver site where uranium and radium were once processed for X-ray equipment and gauges. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on Tuesday released a draft plan addressing effects on the South Platte River watershed of contamination in groundwater under... more » -
DDT deposit off Southern California will be capped
October 5, 2009 6:03 PM
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has chosen a $50 million strategy to place a cap of clean material on a vast deposit of DDT and PCBs on the ocean floor off Southern California. Keith Takata, EPA's Superfund director for the region, said Monday the cap will be placed over the... more »
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