Fremont County Independent Outreach Committee

BARRY NOREEN

THE GAZETTE

Two weeks ago the Cotter Corp.’s dreams of reopening a uranium enrichment mill in Cañon City seemingly were dealt another blow, when the Colorado Department of Health and Environment granted a license (see my blog) for a mill that would be built near Naturita in southwestern Colorado.

Plenty of hurdles remain for the p...

 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...

 By TRACY HARMON | tharmon@chieftain.com | 0 comments

CANON CITY — To test or not to test, that is the question not easily answered when it comes to the Cotter Corp. uranium mill.

Environment Colorado and Colorado Citizens Against Toxic Waste accuse Cotter of "blatantly defying agency orders and regulations" by refusing to conduc...

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...

Uranium bill sails through the House

Rachel Alexander

The Daily Record

The Uranium Processing Accountability Act, House Bill 1348, passed the state House on Monday on a vote of 62 to 2. Its next stop is the Senate committee.

“Today’s vote is absolutely amazing,” said Matt Garrington, of Environment Colorado, which helped dev...

DENVER — The House gave preliminary approval Thursday to a bill that would hold the Cotter Corp. uranium mill near Canon City more accountable for pollution and notification of residents in polluted areas.

Next, HB1348, sponsored by Rep. Buffie McFadyen, D-Pueblo West, faces a full vote of the House.

The bill would require uranium processors like C...

It won’t be long before the cherry blossoms burst out in Cañon City, adding a special glow to the place.

There’s another kind of glow the town’s residents have been trying to get rid of for years — the radioactive aura emanating from the Cotter Corp.'s highly polluted property. The town and Fremont County are mostly unified in trying to ke...

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