The Highway 24 Mill Site (site) is located in Colorado Springs, Colorado, and includes the A-1 Mobile Home Village located on Garner Street and the neighborhoods surrounding the historic Golden Cycle Mill and tailings pile.
Due to the proximity of residences to a tailings pile and historic milling activities, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has been investigating heavy metals contamination in soils since 2022. Now, the EPA is partnering with the Colorado Department of Public Health and the Environment (CDPHE) to clean up the soils at the site.
In January 2024, EPA updated its guidance on lead in residential soils, lowering the screening level. At the Highway 24 Mill Site, previous sampling has identified lead levels exceeding the new lower screening level (200 parts per million). Cleanup of residential soils at the A-1 Mobile Village is now necessary to protect human health. EPA is funding CDPHE to clean up soils at the A-1 Mobile Home Village. Cleanup will begin in 2024.
For more information on cleanup plans, please contact Patrick Medland, CDPHE Project Manager, at patrick.medland@state.co.us.
