Friday, February 15, 2008

GOV. RITTER URGES PRESIDENT BUSH TO TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION CONCERNING LEADVILLE MINE 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. The letter is attached.