Environmental
Feb. 22, 2012
EPA settles over mining cleanup
The federal Environmental Protection Agency announced last week it had reached a $10 million settlement with a Northern California mining company, a local Indian tribe and the U.S. Department of the Interior over cleanup of seven former mines
By Fiona Smith
Daily Journal Staff Writer
The federal Environmental Protection Agency announced last week it had reached a $10 million settlement with a Northern California mining company, a local Indian tribe and the U.S. Department of the Interior over cleanup of seven former mines, including a former mercury mine in Clear Lake.
The agreement calls for the Interior Department to pay the EPA $7.2 million for cleanup costs at the mines and requires the Bradley Mining...
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