BLM seeks public input on abandoned mine remediation project near Kingman
KINGMAN – The Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) Kingman Field Office invites the public to provide input on a Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA) remediation project at the abandoned COD Mine and Mill site, located on BLM-managed public land in the Cerbat Mountains north of Kingman, in Mohave County. The mine opened in 1878 and produced silver, lead, zinc and gold until it permanently closed in 1984. Lead, arsenic and thallium have since been found in tailings, waste rock dumps, surrounding soils and drainage areas, at levels that exceed the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality’s non-residential…