Project manager, Joel Chavez explains the final phase of the superfund cleanup at the repository site up Flat Creek Road near Superior during a public tour on Wed. Sept. 27. (Kathleen Woodford/Mineral Independent).
October 4, 2017
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October 4, 2017 4 a.m.
Flat Creek superfund site nears completion
After nearly 15 years the Flat Creek-Iron Mountain Mine superfund cleanup site is coming to an end. A handful of local residents, along with personnel from the Department of Environmental Quality, Forest Service, and Environmental Protection Agency gathered for a site tour on Wed. Sept. 27. With weather permitting, they hope to have this phase of the cleanup completed by mid-November.