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The owners of a closed uranium mine near Golden have been ordered by the state health department to stop discharging polluted water into a creek that flows into a Denver-area reservoir.

The state health department is taking action because Cotter corp. has been discharging pollution without a permit and uranium levels in the water are significantly exceeding the ...

The owners of a closed uranium mine near Golden have been ordered by the state health department ot stop discharging polluted water into a creek that flows into a Denver area reservoir.

The state health department is taking action because Cotter corp. has been discharging pollution without a permit and uranium levels in the water are significantly exceeding the safet...

DENVER(AP) – State regulators have rejected a plant by Cotter Corp. to clean up contamination from a closed uranium mine that has flowed into a creek that feeds a Denver-area reservoir.

The Colorado Division of Reclamation Mining and Safety said Thursday it doesn’t believe the plan would prevent uranium from contaminating Ralston Reservoir, which supplies some of the Denver area’s drinking water.

Loretta Pineda, the agency’s director, said Cotter has been d...

Posted: Sunday, May 2, 2010 12:00 am

THE STATE finally has teeth to force Cotter to clean up its pollution if the company wants to take on new work.

Last week the Colorado Senate passed House Bill 1348 by a 2-1 margin and sent the measure to the governor. The bill requires Cotter to address existing pollution at its Fremont County plant bef...

Final vote could be as soon as today.

Posted: Wednesday, April 28, 2010 12:00 am

By PATRICK MALONE | pmalone@chieftain.com | 0 comments

DENVER — The state Senate on Tuesday gave preliminary approval to a bill that would require Cotter uranium mill to clean up its pollution before taking on new jobs.

Proponents...

Cotter denies it — their typical spin method — but with contamination 1,000 times the norm, and the contaminated Schwartzwalder Mine nearby, what other conclusion could be drawn? They've used the same "denial" spin about golf course contamination in Canon City coming from natural uranium. The public doesn't know about other issues, such as: high thorium ...

Defunct uranium mine contaminating groundwater near reservoir

By Bruce Finley

The Denver Post

Posted: 04/16/2010 01:00:00 AM MDT

A defunct uranium mine in Jefferson County is contaminating groundwater near a reservoir, but government regulators and mine executives have yet to settle on a plan for cleanup.

Uranium concentrations in gro...

Closed mine hikes uranium levels near Denver

Cotter given until Monday to present clean-up plan

Rachel Alexander

The Daily Record

Cotter Corp. has until Monday to present the state with alternatives for remediating uranium contamination in a creek near its closed mine in Jefferson County.

Groundwater near the Schwartzwalder Mine contai...

To the editor:

There appear to be some who feel they can determine the laws of science and how the world uses them; in a sense set technological progress. Such cannot be done anywhere. Advances in what we know and can do will always proceed, generally to the common good. It is not the science that does damage, it is those who choose to ignore it or use it unwise...

Judge denies review of permit

Group disputed county’s uranium exploration decision

Rachel Alexander

The Daily Record

On Friday, District Judge David Thorson denied a petition for review of the Fremont County Commissioners approval of a conditional use permit for Black Range Minerals to conduct exploration for uranium in the Tallahassee ...