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Process for terminating Cotter company’s radioactive license in Colorado

The majority of the documents being reviewed currently concern characterization of the soil and groundwater contamination on site and cleanup criteria.

Cotter documents under review, Company in process to terminate radioactive materials license, Canon City Daily Record, By RACHEL ALEXANDER    02/10/2012  A public meeting was held Thursday with the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment and Cotter Corp. to discuss three upcoming department decisions.

The documents currently under review by CDPHE, the Environmental Protection agency and the public are the New Evaporation Pond
Conceptual Design; the Onsite Soil Excavation and Groundwater Characterization Process Plan; and the Soil Remediation Criteria
Selection.

This is the first round of documents that are being developed by Cotter as part of the process to terminate its radioactive materials
license and the deletion of the site from the Superfund list.
Approximately 50 people attended the meeting…..
Residents attending the meeting expressed concerns about the process
and order of documents being reviewed and activities on the site.

“We just don’t want decisions made before we have a chance to
comment,” Sharyn Cunningham, of Colorado Citizens Against ToxicWaste,
said.

“I think the thing that I have been concerned about as I have watched
this is, we would like to see the decommissioning process done
correctly,” Jeri Fry said.

The majority of the documents being reviewed currently concern
characterization of the soil and groundwater contamination on site and
cleanup criteria. The document about the new evaporation pond
discusses the proposal from Cotter for the pond which will allow the
primary impoundment to be dewatered and closed. The proposal would
place the pond on top of the secondary impoundment, which was recently
closed.

The public comment period on the documents continues through Feb. 17.

The documents are available for review at the Royal Gorge Regional
Museum and History Center, 612 Royal Gorge Blvd., 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Wednesday through Saturday. Documents also are available
atcdphe.state.co.us/hm/cotter/index.htm.

Written comments can be sent to: Steve Tarlton, Radiation Program
Manager; Hazardous Materials and Waste Management Division; Colorado
Department of Public Health and Environment; 4300 Cherry Creek Drive
South; Denver, CO 80246; or email steve.tarlton@state.co.us.
http://www.canoncitydailyrecord.com/ci_19932818?source=most_viewed

February 11, 2012 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | Uranium, USA, wastes