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Press Release - Feb 15, 2008

OFFICE OF GOV. BILL RITTER, JR.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

FRIDAY, FEB. 15, 2008

 

CONTACT

Evan Dreyer, 303.870.9482, evan.dreyer@state.co.us

 

GOV. RITTER URGES PRESIDENT BUSH TO TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION ON LEADVILLE MINE DRAINAGE TUNNEL SITUATION

 

 

Gov. Bill Ritter today urged President Bush to take immediate action concerning the build up of contaminated water from the California Gulch Superfund site in the underground Leadville Mine Drainage Tunnel.

 

"Your immediate action is needed to assure that we have done all we can to avert a catastrophic event," Gov. Ritter wrote in a letter to President Bush. View the letter.