Fremont County Independent Outreach Committee

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CANON CITY — In hopes the state will deal with, "the huge elephant in the room," attorneys for Colorado Citizens Against Toxic Waste have filed an amended lawsuit against the state health department.

The Cotter Uranium Mill processed yellowcake uranium from 1958 to 1987. In 1988, the mill was id...

 By Bruce Finley

The Denver Post

Posted: 11/04/2010 01:00:00 AM MDTUpdated: 11/04/2010 12:45:24 PM MDT

State mining regulators have found heaps of toxic uranium ore at a dormant Cotter Corp. mine in western Colorado and are moving to prevent contamination of land and water near the Dolores River.

The regulators ordered Cotter...

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CANON CITY — Cotter Corp. and the state health department are nearly $20 million apart in agreeing on the amount of a financial assurance warranty to cover eventual closure of the uranium mill site just south of Canon City.

The uranium mill processed ''yellowcake'' uranium from 1958 to 1987. In ...

Owner of uranium-tainted mine defies Colorado's cleanup orders, finesCotter Corp. has sued a state board, claiming regulators exceeded their authority in ordering a cleanup of a contaminated Cotter uranium mine in Jefferson County.

The lawsuit, recently filed in Denver District Court, accuses Colorado's Mined Lands Reclamation Board of abusing its discretion when ...

Owner of uranium-tainted mine defies Colorado's cleanup orders, finesThe federal government reimbursed Cotter Corp. nearly $3 million for cleanup of its toxic uranium mill near Cañon City — and could pay $3.3 million more for work in the future.

But the work mopping up tailings and contaminated groundwater that began in 1984 is not scheduled to be compl...

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CANON CITY — Federal public health representatives who studied health concerns for residents living near the Lincoln Park/Cotter Uranium Mill Superfund site detailed findings during two public meetings Thursday.

The Cotter Uranium Mill processed yellowcake ...

 Rachel Alexander

The Daily Record

Colorado Citizens Against ToxicWaste has filed a lawsuit in Denver District Court against the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment over the amount of the surety of Cotter Uranium Mill.

The suit charges that the radiation control regulators within the Colorado Department of Public ...

 Rachel Alexander

The Daily Record

Two public meetings Thursday discussed the draft Public Health Assessment of the Lincoln Park/Cotter Superfund Site by the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry.

Representatives from ATSDR’s Atlanta and Denver offices were in Cañon City to meet with members of the public about the assess...

 Owner of uranium-tainted mine defies Colorado's cleanup orders, finesDENVER—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 ...

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DENVER — 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 dep...