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In 2018, the EPA handed oversight of the Anaconda mine cleanup project in Yerington to the Nevada Division of Environmental Protection. It was assumed…
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RENO, Nev. (AP) — The owner of an abandoned Nevada mine has suspended the normal bottled water deliveries it's been providing neighbors since tests in…
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Nevada’s Anaconda Copper Mine has been removed from an updated list of national Superfund cleanup sites.An agreement was reached between Governor Brian…
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RENO, Nev. (AP) — State environmental regulators are banking on a pledge from petroleum giant BP to expedite cleanup of an abandoned Nevada mine without…
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RENO — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency says an abandoned copper mine in northwestern Nevada is being prioritized for cleanup under the federal…
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RENO, Nev. (AP) — Nevada wants to back out of an agreement to designate a toxic mine a priority U.S. Superfund site, a move critics warn could ultimately…
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After decades of resistance from the state of Nevada, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is taking the final steps to add an abandoned copper mine…
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Last week, Governor Brian Sandoval announced that he has asked the Environmental Protection Agency to list the contaminated mine site around the town of…
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Citing a failure of the state to "secure an agreement for a public-privately funded solution," Governor Brian Sandoval Tuesday acceded to the request of…
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The town of Yerington sits southeast of Carson City. It was founded in the late 1800s as an agricultural town. Soon after, miners realized there was…