Colorado’s proposed settlement with company that failed to clean up defunct uranium mill draws criticism

Colorado’s proposed settlement with company that failed to clean up defunct uranium mill draws criticism

State regulators are seeking to strike a deal with a Colorado company that failed to meet its obligation to clean up one of the state’s most polluted sites — a settlement that local watchdogs say is a bailout for the now-insolvent company. The residents of Cañon City who have lived next to the defunct uranium mill say the amount the state is settling for is not nearly enough to cover the legally required decontamination of the site. About 5.8 mi…