And now:Ish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Superfund may add mine to list http://www.spokane.net/news-story.asp?date=021799&ID=s532708&cat=section.tr ibal_news Associated Press - Spokane _ A defunct uranium mine on the Spokane Indian Reservation is being proposed for the Environmental Protection Agency's Superfund cleanup list. David W. Delcour, president of Dawn Mining Co., which owns the 811-acre Midnite Mine site, said he was disappointed at the proposed listing on the EPA's Superfund National Priorities list. If the site is listed, it would become eligible for federal cleanup funds while the agency seeks to recover costs from the current and former owners, EPA spokesman Bob Jacobson said Tuesday from Seattle. Delcour said Dawn Mining is committed to working with the federal agency to ensure the reclamation is carried out responsibly. Newmont Mining Corp. of Colorado is the majority owner of Dawn Mining Corp. EPA officials in Seattle said the proposed listing is to prevent further harm to the environment from mine wastes, contaminated ground-water and surface-water runoff, Jacobson said. The wastes are contaminated by toxic heavy metals and radionuclides. A water treatment facility Dawn Mining installed in 1992 is inadequate for all of the water that percolates through the piles of uranium-bearing ore at the site, said David Bennett, EPA national priorities list coordinator in Seattle. The EPA will conduct studies to explore various remediation plans, as well as propose cleanup options and costs. The study is expected to take about a year, Bennett said. The uranium mine is located on the Spokane Indian Reservation, about eight miles from Wellpinit in Stevens County. &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& Tsonkwadiyonrat (We are ONE Spirit) Unenh onhwa' Awayaton http://www.tdi.net/ishgooda/ &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&
