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  Superfund outcry grows louder

  January 27, 2010 in Idaho on Page A1 More than 70 grass-roots groups from around the nation have joined Silver Valley activists in asking the Obama administration for new ways of dealing with pollution from cleanup of the …

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  Repository shipments begin

  September 29, 2009 in Idaho on Page A1 Shipments of mine waste started arriving at the East Mission Flats repository Monday, after a top Superfund official endorsed a plan to store 40,000 truckloads of soil tainted with heavy … 1

• EPA clears Superfund disposal project

  September 28, 2009 in News, City, Idaho Top Obama Superfund official says more wells, monitoring will be added to controversial project

• Superfund administrator to visit Silver Valley

  August 19, 2009 in Idaho on Page A6 The top Superfund administrator will visit Idaho’s Silver Valley today to learn about one of the nation’s largest Superfund sites. Mathy Stanislaus will attend meetings in Wallace about the Bunker …

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  Waste storage a toxic topic

  August 12, 2009 in Idaho on Page A1 CATALDO, Idaho – A blue heron rose from behind a screen of cattails near Old Mission State Park, while a redwing blackbird let out a raspy call. East Mission Flats …

• Waste plan draws concern

  July 27, 2009 in City on Page A6 POST FALLS – The mayor of Post Falls says concerns about the environment and public health should prevent 20 acres near the Coeur d’Alene River from becoming a dumping ground … 1

• Comment period adequate on repository, report says

  June 10, 2009 in Idaho on Page A6 Members of the public had plenty of opportunity to comment on a hazardous-waste repository near Old Mission State Park, the Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Inspector General concluded. But stricter … 1

• Residents can give input on waste repository

  August 1, 2008 in City on Page B3 Residents and community members near Cataldo have 30 days to offer ideas on a proposed repository for hazardous mining waste. Design of the East Mission Flats Waste Repository is 60 …

• EPA is auditing Cataldo repository

  May 22, 2008 in Idaho on Page B1 CATALDO, Idaho – Federal officials are investigating whether the public received adequate notice and opportunity to comment on a hazardous-waste repository planned near Old Mission State Park. Two officials from …

• State plans smaller mound of waste near I-90

  December 13, 2007 in Idaho on Page B3 Visitors to the Cataldo Mission along Interstate 90 in Idaho won’t see a hazardous waste storage site now that government officials plan to build a shorter mound of contaminated soil. …