US Magnesium’s bankruptcy leaves a looming question: What happens to the Great Salt Lake cleanup?
Regulators and environmental watchdogs worry history may repeat itself for one of the nation’s biggest polluters.
(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) The US Magnesium facility, which has ceased operations for over a year, may take at least $100 million to clean up, according to the Environmental Protection Agency.
Leia Larsen is a sixth generation Utahn and a water and land use reporter reporter for The Salt Lake Tribune. She has covered environment, energy and political issues throughout the West. When she’s not chasing the news, Leia can be found exploring the Wasatch Mountains, sleeping in the desert or rooting around her garden.