superfund
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EPA accelerates cleanup of Pueblo Superfund neighborhoods
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PUEBLO – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency says it will accelerate the cleanup of three Pueblo neighborhoods that were contaminated by a smelter.The agency said Friday it will increase funding for the Colorado Smelter Superfund site to as much as $15 million a year, more than twice the current amount. EPA says that means the…
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COVER STORY: Mining cleanups under Trump: A speedup or just ‘sound and fury’?
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MINTURN – In the 1980s, as Vail was gaining international notoriety as a global ski destination and Beaver Creek was struggling through its formative years, there was a dirty little secret in the river flowing between the two resorts – a fish-killing mix of arsenic, zinc, cadmium, lead and copper causing the Eagle River to…
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Doug Benevento appointed Region 8 administrator for Environmental Protection Agency
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President Donald Trump appointed Doug Benevento as Environment Protection Agency administrator for Region 8, which includes Colorado and five other western states. The former chief of the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment is currently an executive at Xcel Energy and was an elected member of the Douglas County School Board until he resigned that…
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New Mexico water officials eye pipeline to Colorado lake
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A water commission is eyeing a possible pipeline from a Colorado lake to northern New Mexico. San Juan Water Commission members will meet in October to decide if they want to seek a conceptual design for the pipeline at an estimated cost of $10,000 to $15,000, the Daily Times reported. Further study could cost up to $250,000.…
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Colorado town on verge of big changes amid Superfund cleanup
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A historic Colorado mountain town is on the threshold of a transformation after the federal government announced it will embark on an ambitious campaign to stanch the flow of acidic wastewater cascading from abandoned mines. The Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday designated an area north of Silverton as a Superfund site, clearing the way for a multimillion-dollar…
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U.S. clears way for cleanup of Gold King mine after huge spill
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A Colorado mine that spewed 3 million gallons of contaminated wastewater into rivers in three Western states was designated a Superfund site Wednesday, clearing the way for a multimillion-dollar federal cleanup. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency formally added the inactive Gold King Mine and 47 other nearby mining-related sites to the Superfund list. It also included nine…
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Navajo Nation sues feds over massive Gold King mine waste spill
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Leaders of one of the nation’s largest American Indian tribes blasted the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency as their attorneys sued Tuesday, claiming negligence in the cleanup of a massive mine waste spill that tainted rivers in three Western states. Navajo Nation President Russell Begaye stood on the bank of the San Juan River in northwestern…
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Navajo Nation plans to sue over massive Gold King mine waste spill
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One of the nation’s largest American Indian tribes is planning to sue over damages caused by a massive mine waste spill in southwestern Colorado. Navajo Nation President Russell Begaye, Navajo Attorney General Ethel Branch and other tribal officials will announce Tuesday that they have directed their attorneys to file a lawsuit over what they describe as…
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Silverton takes a breather a year after huge mine spill
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A year after a mine waste spill turned their river a weird yellow-orange, residents of a Coloradomountain town are taking a break from the aftermath for a party that includes a specially brewed beer the color of the spill. They’re also taking a few jabs at the federal Environmental Protection Agency, which accidentally caused the 3-million-gallon…
