Remediation on Hold

When the mining and processing company Arimetco declared bankruptcy in the late 1990s, it left a large site in Nevada littered with waste rock and toxic ponds. Last year, cleanup began at the site’s megapond, with the liner and waste rock removed. An evaporation pond was built, but 8 of the site’s 10 ponds remain in need of correction. Funding, however, has dried up.