Rico mine owner sues to cover cleanup costs
Source: https://the-journal.com/, February 18, 2020
By: Jim Mimiaga
For nearly 10 years, Atlantic Richfield Co. has been cleaning up the Rico-Argentine Mine site along the Dolores River as part of a 2011 Environmental Protection Agency removal order.
Now, Arco seeks more than $63.7 million in cleanup costs from the mine’s previous owners, which it claims is part of NL Industries Inc. Read more.