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Article: A listing for Formosa.(Editorials)(Mine cleanup eligible for Superfund dollars)(Editorial)
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- The Register Guard (Eugene, OR)
- Article date:
- September 19, 2007
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Byline: The Register-Guard
The bright orange streambed says it all. And so does a new federal Superfund listing for the poisons-spewing Formosa mine in Douglas County.
As The Register-Guard's Diane Dietz reported Tuesday, the Formosa mine ranked high on the federal toxic hazards ranking system and is expected to be added to the national Superfund list today.
Neither the high ranking nor the listing is a surprise. Located on Silver Butte at the headwaters of an Umpqua River tributary, the abandoned mine releases 5 million gallons of water loaded with toxic metals each year. So far, the acid water has killed at least 15 miles of salmon-rearing ...