Contaminated mine tailings are hauled from the old mine to the repository where it will be covered with gravel and soil. Highly contaminated tailings appear red and orange in color. (Kathleen Woodford/Mineral Independent).
May 16, 2017
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May 16, 2017 1:32 p.m.
Flat Creek cleanup nears completion after 15 years
The Environmental Protection Agency and Department of Environmental Quality hosted a site tour of the Flat Creek-Iron Mountain Mine tailing cleanup on May 10. Members of the Superior Technical Assistance Committee (STAC) and the public met in Superior and drove up to the site north of town. It gave interested parties the opportunity to ask questions and present ideas or concerns to the departments involved with the cleanup.