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iii iiiiiiiiiiiu iii <br />Yr DEBOR~11 FRAZIER <br />~AaG{y Mounlefn lbws Stefl Writer <br />. ~yomiag Fuels faces up to ;i60,000 in <br />i1w from Three state agencies that cited the <br />pal company yesterday for releasing toxic <br />waste into the Purga/oire River near Trini- <br />did last month, killing more ttian 2;000 trouk <br />Dead trout began appearing March 5 on a <br />twoKttile section of the river, 25 miles west <br />aE ')et'inidad and downstream of Wyoming <br />' Golden Eagle mine. <br />estimated 2,0l8 brown trout died dur- <br />e next week. <br />t Charles McG~otblin, vice president <br />general manager of the Golden Eagle <br />~, said the firm's water-quality monitor- <br />itig before, during and a[ler the tis6 kill <br />lalmd no evidence of toxic materials. <br />dimples were given to the state agencies <br />with the results, he said. <br />o my knowledge, there was no determi- <br />eF the cause of the fish kill," he said. <br />"We've cooperated in every way possible. <br />R"a premature to draw that conclusion that <br />we're respopsible or liable." <br />The state health department, division of <br />w~dlife and mined land reclamation board <br />isaestigated {he Incident and issued separate <br />droet5 and notices to Wyoming FueLt. <br />Robert Shukle, chief of permits and en- <br />foreement for the heaNh teparttnent, sail: <br />Nyoming Fuels ado vCas sent a cleanup <br />tger. The rnmpany faces a tine from the <br />~alth duparlneat of ttl2 W;10,909 ter each <br />of pollution. <br />4e coal company has a discharge petmrt <br />tat the Purgatoire River tp release water <br />W~tlras been treated. <br />remove <br />er before it is <br />The new ch0a(tk <br />ing that thesriti8l <br />9tiidNe:f9~ S4en <br />March 6 enb{Vteii <br />R <br />Wining wastes from the <br />ieeharged into the river. <br />4Fame with a flier warn- <br />nce was toxic to trout, <br />les from }80 giver on <br />~IMlb1111d concentrations <br />was toxic to organisms, <br />ferent in our water samples foI''ihe'yeaT <br />date," said McGlothlin, "I don't tie]ieve t6t~ <br />was any change in the chemical we uses. <br />The health department remains f:6Aietap¢. <br />that the to:ic substance has settled in t~y <br />ment ponds and could wash into the <br />Shukle said. <br />lion of qV' i said the division has Ell <br />civil clef 'tuLiQn for the estiro <br />2,048 trout 1t j71,680, or <br />per fish. ' <br />ohld take the f <br />of paying for the dead trout or throw <br />efforts to enhance fishing or wildlife in <br />state. z. ,: <br />"Those fish that died are a resoar~. <br />everyone the the state," Malmsbury sa ~ <br />"When people go A;Aing, they need to ha~ <br />°Tie said. some compensation for the loss of thalip <br />As a safer `fish." - s+ti; <br />y precaution, McGlothlin said, Fred Banta, director of mined lane recta, <br />Wyoming Fuels stopped using the chemical mation, said his agency issued a ceasea»d= <br />additive in the settling ponds when the inves- desist order, barring Wyottiiog Fuels from <br />tigatioo began. using any unapproved additives in the set- <br />- We've been unable to find anything dif- t!' - <br />m ponds. <br />zoo ~, ~ g ~i L1 ~~ ~~ <br />aker 2,000 trout di4 <br />