Environmental Issues
The mining wastes at the closed mining site have been investigated by the US Environmental Protection Agency. Since 2000, it has spent approximately $6 million addressing this issue and ARCO has spent $2.7 million to clean the site. In 2009 ARCO committed to spending $10.2 million for future and past cleanup work. Of the $10.2 million, $8 million is for future work and $2.2 million is to reimburse the EPA for past work completed. In 2008 ARCO reimbursed the EPA $2.7 million.
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