Judge Approves Agreement Between Government, Mining Company For Cleanup Costs

POCATELLO, Idaho - A federal judge in Idaho on March 6 approved an agreement between a plaintiff mining company and the federal government over the allocation of cleanup costs for selenium contamination at four locations in the Caribou-Targhee National Forest, ruling that the agreement was reached in good faith and overruling comments from two companies that the government was wrongfully using funds obtained through the bankruptcy of a potentially responsible party (PRP) (Nu-West Mining Inc., et...(read more)