The Highway 24 Mill 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.
In January of 2024, EPA issued updated lead guidance to address lead contamination in residential areas. Now, the Colorado Department of Public Health and the Environment and EPA are working together to address soil lead contamination at the A-1 Mobile Village.
CDPHE, with community input, will begin assessing soil clean up options. Clean up activities are expected to be complete by the end of 2025.