EPA hears comments about a proposed repository for mine waste near Silverton, Colorado

Aug. 12–AZTEC — A repository for mine waste is needed in Colorado’s Bonita Peak Mining District and the impoundments at Mayflower Mill could be a good location, according to comments the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency received during a virtual meeting on Aug. 11 regarding the proposed depository.
But members of the public also thought the EPA should take steps to mitigate impacts to tourism and recreation and to prevent possible failures that would contaminate the Animas