CANON CITY, Colo. (AP) -- A nonprofit group is withdrawing from a citizens advisory group for the Cotter Corp. uranium mill Superfund cleanup site near Canon City.
Colorado Citizens Against Toxic Waste Inc. wrote a letter to the state health department, calling the citizens advisory group "an exercise in futility" that hasn't allowed for public influence on state and federal regulators' decisions on cleanup plans.
CCAT says it believes that's due to regulators who are shorthanded, underfunded and "short of desire" to consider community preferences.
Jeannine Natterman of the health department said today she hadn't seen the letter but is disappointed CCAT is withdrawing. She says other community members remain part of the citizens advisory group.
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