Fremont County Independent Outreach Committee

The Mined Land Reclamation Board on Thursday found that Cotter Corp. violated state mining law by failing to comply with the Aug. 11 board order to draw water from the defunct Schwartzwalder uranium mine west of Denver and treat it, and to submit an appropriate financial warranty to cover this action, said Loretta Pineda, director of the Division of Reclama...

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.

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To the editor:

Approximately two-thirds of the 99 Cotter violations were for endangering their employees including: Failure to determine dose to embryo; Failure to document exposure to pregnant employee – second offense in a year; Employee hospitalized for chemical burns because three areas had inoperable emergency safety showers.

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