GUNNISON

A mining company plans to propose that water quality standards on a creek near Sargents be lowered, a move that could allow more radioactive material to enter the Gunnison River watershed. Homestake Mining Company intends to ask the Colorado Water Quality Control Division to remove the drinking water standard on Marshall Creek, a tributary of Tomichi Creek. Tomichi Creek enters the Gunnison River in Gunnison. If granted, the change would increase the amount of contaminants, particularly ...