Post by Logan on Feb 23, 2016 4:32:36 GMT -6
Silverton, San Juan County vote yes for Superfund cleanup of old mines
Reversing decades of opposition, Silverton and San Juan County leaders voted Monday to ask the state to pursue a Superfund cleanup of the Gold King and 45 other inactive mines contaminating headwaters of the Animas River.
Local leaders also are lining up Gov. John Hickenlooper and Sen. Michael Bennet as backup for dealing with the Environmental Protection Agency.
The EPA would be doing the cleanup — the same agency that in August botched work at the Gold King and set off a 3 million-gallon mustard-hued deluge of heavy-metals-laden acid mine drainage.
"In case a concession isn't made, they've got our back. The governor and congressional delegation can definitely help us out by talking with the EPA at a higher level," San Juan County Commissioner Scott Fetchenhier said.
Read more: www.denverpost.com/news/ci_29547638/silverton-san-juan-county-vote-possible-superfund-cleanup
Reversing decades of opposition, Silverton and San Juan County leaders voted Monday to ask the state to pursue a Superfund cleanup of the Gold King and 45 other inactive mines contaminating headwaters of the Animas River.
Local leaders also are lining up Gov. John Hickenlooper and Sen. Michael Bennet as backup for dealing with the Environmental Protection Agency.
The EPA would be doing the cleanup — the same agency that in August botched work at the Gold King and set off a 3 million-gallon mustard-hued deluge of heavy-metals-laden acid mine drainage.
"In case a concession isn't made, they've got our back. The governor and congressional delegation can definitely help us out by talking with the EPA at a higher level," San Juan County Commissioner Scott Fetchenhier said.
Read more: www.denverpost.com/news/ci_29547638/silverton-san-juan-county-vote-possible-superfund-cleanup