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Silver City, New Mexico, Ceremony to Celebrate Cleanup of Superfund Site

Release Date: 7/12/1999
Contact Information: For more information contact the Office of External Affairs at (214) 665-2200.

    Federal, state and local officials will join local business leaders and citizens to celebrate the cleanup of the former Cleveland Mill site in Grant County, New Mexico.

     The mountainous site was contaminated by tons of soil and tailings containing heavy metals left by mining operations in the early part of this century. Pollution from the long-abandoned mining waste had contaminated a nearby creek. There also was concern about rainwater runoff carrying contaminants into a local aquifer.

     The waste was excavated, treated and contained under a multilayer cap to protect area drinking water sources. Erosion control and monitoring of ground and surface water at the site will continue to ensure that the public health is protected.

     WHAT:   Ceremony to celebrate completion of cleanup activities at Cleveland Mill site

     WHEN:   1 p.m., Friday, July 16, 1999
               Site tour following ceremony

     WHERE:  Cleveland Mill Superfund Site
               Forest Road 804, 5 « miles north of Silver City, New Mexico

     SPEAKERS: Myron Knudson
                Superfund Division Director, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 6
               Peter Maggiore
                Secretary, New Mexico Environment Department
               Mike Baum
                President, Mining Remedial Recovery Company