EPA Returns To Gold King Mine Spill Site
An EPA-led contractor inadvertently triggered a spill of 3 million gallons of wastewater from the Gold King last August.
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New Mexico Sues Colorado Over Gold King Mine Spill
Read more"New Mexico and its citizens are now paying the price" of last year's mine spill near Silverton, that state's attorney general says.
EPA Staffer Retires 10 months After Gold King Mine Spill
Steve Way oversaw operations at the mine, but was on vacation when an EPA-led crew inadvertently triggered the 3-million-gallon spill on Aug. 5.Read moreSuperfund Plan For Colo. Mines Including Gold King Stirs Little Protest
The EPA has received only seven comments opposing the planned cleanup in southwestern Colorado, including the Gold King Mine.Read more
New Mexico Is 1st State To Sue EPA Over Gold King Mine Spill
New Mexico wants the federal government to pay as much as $155 million for problems caused by the spill in southwest Colorado last August.Read more-
Colorado Can Now Use State Money In Federal Mine Emergencies
The measure comes after the Gold King Mine spill last August, when state officials were limited in how they could help.Read more Some Unhappy With EPA Payment Plans For Gold King Mine Spill
An EPA-led cleanup crew triggered a 3-million-gallon spill from the Gold King Mine in August.Read moreColo. Senate Passes Abandoned Mines Cleanup Bill
Colorado's Department of Natural Resources will soon be able to respond to emergency situations at more of the state's abandoned mines.Read moreStorms Raised Some Gold Mine Pollutants, Not Others
The Mountain Studies Institute in Silverton monitored the Animas River about 60 miles downstream from the mine for the EPA.Read more-
Senate Committee Votes To Subpoena EPA Chief Over Gold King Mine Spill
Read moreThe document orders EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy or assistant administrator Mathy Stanislaus to testify at a April 22 hearing in Phoenix.
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