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• Silver Valley decontamination begins

  May 16, 2012 in Idaho on Page A5 The first big dollars are starting to flow out of a $460 million trust fund established to pay for cleanup of mining pollution in Idaho’s Silver Valley. About $8.5 million …

• Meeting will cover CdA Basin cleanup

  May 12, 2012 in Idaho on Page B2 Superfund work in the Coeur d’Alene Basin will be discussed Wednesday during an all-day meeting of the Basin Environmental Improvement Project Commission. The meeting starts at 9:30 a.m. at the …

• EPA will slash CdA River Basin cleanup plan

  February 15, 2012 in Idaho on Page A1 BOISE – The proposed $1.3 billion Superfund cleanup of a century of mining contamination in North Idaho’s Coeur d’Alene River Basin is being scaled back significantly, Idaho lawmakers were told … 5

• CdA Basin cleanup scaled back dramatically

  February 14, 2012 in Idaho The proposed $1.3 billion Superfund cleanup of a century of mining contamination in North Idaho’s Coeur d’Alene Basin is being scaled back significantly, Idaho lawmakers were told Tuesday. Instead of … 4

• Hecla Superfund settlement approved

  September 9, 2011 in Idaho on Page A6 A federal judge has approved a $263.4 million settlement with Hecla Mining Co. that resolves one of the nation’s largest Superfund lawsuits. The money paid by Hecla will be used …

• Hecla Mining Co. settles Superfund cleanup lawsuit

  June 14, 2011 in Idaho on Page A1 The owner of Idaho’s oldest operating silver mine agreed to pay $263.4 million plus interest to clean up historic mine waste in the Coeur d’Alene Basin, resolving one of the … 1

• Plan for CdA Basin cleanup gets 7,000 comments

  March 3, 2011 in Idaho on Page A7 Federal officials are wading through nearly 7,000 public comments on a controversial plan to clean up mine waste in the upper Coeur d’Alene Basin. So far, actions proposed for the …

• Hecla in tentative deal to pay $263 million over mining waste

  February 26, 2011 in Idaho on Page A5 Hecla Mining Co. has reached a tentative settlement with the federal government, Coeur d’Alene Tribe and state of Idaho over its role in turning the Coeur d’Alene basin into a …

• Hecla says $263 million pollution settlement possible

  February 25, 2011 in Idaho, Region Hecla Mining Co. has reached a tentative settlement with the federal government, Coeur d’Alene Tribe and state of Idaho over its role in turning the Coeur d’Alene Basin into a … 1

• Idaho lawmakers blast EPA proposal

  November 24, 2010 in Idaho on Page A5 Idaho’s congressional delegation is lambasting the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s proposal to clean up historic mining waste in the Coeur d’Alene River’s headwaters.

• Meeting to cover basin cleanup

  October 19, 2010 in City on Page A6 Proposed Superfund cleanup plans for the Upper Coeur d’Alene Basin will be discussed Wednesday at a town hall meeting in Wallace.

• Residents fear cleanup will hinder Silver Valley economy

  August 10, 2010 in City on Page A1 KELLOGG – Too far-reaching, too costly. Another knock for the Silver Valley. That was the consensus of public testimony Monday evening at a town hall meeting on the U.S. Environmental … 10

• Cleanup plan for CdA Basin shifts focus from soil to water

  August 5, 2010 in Idaho on Page A1 As water percolates through old mine workings in the headwaters of the Coeur d’Alene River, it picks up lead, arsenic, zinc and other heavy metals. The metals stunt fish populations … 2

• Lawmakers back wider basin cleanup

  March 26, 2010 in Idaho on Page A6 BOISE – Idaho lawmakers say that if the Environmental Protection Agency dramatically expands cleanup efforts in the Coeur d’Alene Basin, the state might be supportive – but it’s not ready …

• Coeur d’Alene Basin mine waste deal huge

  December 11, 2009 in Idaho on Page A1 Cleanup of mine waste in the Coeur d’Alene Basin got a $583 million shot in the arm Thursday, when Asarco Inc. agreed to settle environmental claims at 80 toxic sites …

• In brief: CCC plans meeting Wednesday

  January 31, 2009 in Idaho Voices on Page I3 The Coeur d’Alene basin Citizens Coordinating Council (CCC) will hold a meeting Wednesday, from 6:30 to 9 p.m. at The Spokesman-Review Building, 608 Northwest Blvd. Topics for the meeting include …