Mining Regulators Impatient Over Uranium Cleanup
DENVER (AP) - Colorado mining regulators are getting impatient over enforcement of a court order that Cotter Corp. clean up a mine leaking uranium into a creek that serves a drinking-water reservoir.
According to the Denver Post, state officials said Monday that a $1.2 million bond posted by Cotter is insufficient to clean up the Schwartzwalder mine should the company walk away. The regulators met Monday with the state attorney general's office to determine their options.
A judge has affirmed an order by regulators that the company pump out and treat uranium-tainted water at its defunct Schwartzwalder Mine in Jefferson County. Cotter did not return calls seeking comment.
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