Associated Press - June 1, 2007 5:45 PM ET
LADYSMITH
(AP) - Some environmental groups and an Indian tribe are calling their
new agreement with a mining company a victory for them.
They say the agreement is evidence that the former open pit copper
mine south of Ladysmith has not been safely reclaimed ten years after
it closed.
An attorney for the Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior
Chippewa says today that the agreement commits Flambeau Mining Company
to address some toxic pollution that still remains.
Melissa Scanlan says the mining company has more work to do.
Flambeau Mining said yesterday that the regulatory agreement says
most of its former mine -- including the deep, open pit -- has been
restored to its natural state without environmental harm.
The company has agreed to withdraw its request from the state
Department of Natural Resources for a so-called certificate of
completion for another portion of the site - the 32 acres called the
industrial outlot.
It will conduct additional monitoring of things like surface water in that area and the nearby Flambeau River for five years.
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