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Agencies delay OU5 field work at Central City–Clear Creek site; first remedial actions now targeted for spring 2026
Summary
State and federal officials said remediation field work for Operable Unit 5 will not occur in 2025 after technical reviews prompted substantial rewrites of feasibility work; site has about $30 million in settlement funds but likely will need federal funds to finish.
Officials from the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said they will not begin field work this year on Operable Unit 5 — the area of the Central City–Clear Creek Superfund site focused on residential mine waste — and are now targeting initial remedial actions in spring 2026.
"We don't believe that field work is gonna be possible for this season," said Kyle Sandor, project manager for the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment on the Central City–Clear Creek site. Sandor told stakeholders the remedial investigation (RI), the human health risk assessment (HHRA) and the feasibility study (FS) required additional technical and management review, which prompted substantial rewrites of…
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