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EPA begins drilling relief well into Leadville tunnel
5/14-- EPA contractors began drilling a well into a large volume of water trapped underground in the Leadville Mine Drainage Tunnel today. Once completed, the well will be fitted with a pump that will begin sending metals-contaminated water via pipeline to a water treatment plant operated by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation. EPA expects that pumping and treatment will begin by mid-June. Press release / More on Leadville Mine Drainage Tunnel.

3rd Annual National Summit of Mining Communities
5/14-- The summit will take place September 7-11, 2008 in historic Butte and Anaconda, Montana. The Summit focuses on the diverse environmental and economic effects that mining communities experience as a result of the boom and bust mining cycles. Read about the summit.

Woods Cross, Utah refinery to invest $17M to control pollution
4/21-- Holly Refining & Marketing has agreed to spend more than $17 million in new and upgraded pollution controls at its refinery in Woods Cross and pay a $120,000 civil penalty. The settlement, part of EPA's Petroleum Refinery Initiative, is expected to reduce air pollution by more than 420 tons of harmful emissions annually. Press Release

Brownfields grants to revitalize communities in Colorado, Montana and Utah
4/7-- Communities across the nation will share more than $74 million in brownfields grants to help revitalize former industrial and commercial sites, turning them from problem properties to productive community use. Grantees in Region 8 include: Jamestown, Colorado, Salt Lake County, Utah, and Billings, Montana. / Brownfields information

New lead rules to protect kids
3/31-- To further protect children from exposure to lead-based paint, EPA is issuing new rules for contractors who renovate or repair housing, child-care facilities or schools built before 1978. Under the new rules, workers must follow lead-safe work practice standards to reduce potential exposure to dangerous levels of lead during renovation and repair activities. Press release / More site information

Mine site near Creede, Colo., proposed for Superfund cleanup
3/19-- EPA is proposing the Nelson Tunnel/Commodore Waste Rock site near Creede, Colo., to the National Priorities List of Superfund sites. The draining mine adit and waste rock pile are significant sources of water contamination to Willow Creek and the Upper Rio Grande River. Today's announcement begins a sixty-day comment period on the proposed listing. Press release / More site information

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Calendar

May 20-22, 2008
EPA Science Forum
Washington, D.C.

September 7-11, 2008
3rd Annual National Summit of Mining Communities
Butte, Montana

October 2-3, 2008
EPA/ NGWA Remediation of Abandoned Mine Lands Conference
Denver, Colorado

November 11-14, 2008
North American Lake Management Society, 28th International Symposium - Lake Management in a Changing Environment.
Lake Louise, Alberta, Canada

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