Cotter Corporation NSL Cañon City, Colorado

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 Reclamation, Mining and Safety.

The board also imposed the $55,000 in penalties contained in the August order and added an additional penalty of $39,000 for Cotter's failure to take any action since then.

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