The cost of cleanup at an unsanctioned rifle range at 7 Mile has reached $800,000 and will likely continue into next year, a U.S. Bureau of Land Management cleanup official said this week.
Larry Beck, environmental protection specialist for BLM, was in town this week for continuing work at the site, where contractor Northwind, Inc. was scooping up soil contaminated with lead and antimony for shipment to a waste disposal facility in the Lower 48.