The Bureau of Land Management seeks public input on abandoned mill remediation project near Quartzsite
QUARTZSITE –The Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) Yuma Field Office invites the public to provide input on a Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) remediation project at the abandoned Moon Mountain Mill site, located on BLM-managed public land near Quartzsite in La Paz County. The mill processed ore from area mines for about four decades, from approximately 1860 until 1900. Operation of the mill began again in 1989 and ceased permanently four years later in 1992. The BLM conducted emergency removal of approximately 1,500 cubic yards of lead and arsenic contaminated ore and tailings piles in 2003. In…