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Environmental Cleanup

EPA announces more Gold King Mine spill reimbursements

Another $262,441 in grants to cover response and cleanup costs associated with the Gold King Mine spill has been awarded by the Environmental Protection Agency. Broken down, $101,...

DATE: Sep 29, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

Idaho Springs emerges from Superfund cleanup with optimism

IDAHO SPRINGS – For decades, a creek in the mountains west of Denver sometimes ran yellow from toxic waste gurgling out of abandoned mines – a painfully familiar story in the picturesque wre...

DATE: Sep 18, 2016 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Grass-roots cleanups continue in Silverton mining district

Lackawanna Mill project shows small steps can spur environmental success stories

DATE: Sep 13, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

EPA adds Bonita Peak Mining District to Superfund list

Listing for remediations comes about 1 year after Gold King Mine spill

DATE: Sep 7, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

Carbon Junction enters new era of use after mine scars healed

Oakridge Energy remediates land and is terminating mine permit in popular recreational area

DATE: Sep 5, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

Heavy rains cause overflow at EPA’s water-treatment plant

Lack of public notification caused widespread rumors this week

DATE: Aug 25, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

EPA sues Wildcat Mining over violations of Clean Water Act

Wildcat president says EPA complaint holding up work

DATE: Aug 17, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

Navajos sue feds over Gold King Mine spill

‘EPA, we’re holding your feet to the fire’

DATE: Aug 16, 2016 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Navajo Nation to sue EPA over Gold King Mine spill for damages

ALBUQUERQUE – One of the nation’s largest American Indian tribes is planning to sue over damages caused by the Gold King Mine spill that occurred in August 2015 above Silverton. N...

DATE: Aug 15, 2016 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Ophir mine cleanup project in limbo

Project led by former Gold King point man not approved for action, EPA says

DATE: Aug 10, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

EPA: Released documents will be made searchable

Agency uploaded 29,000 documents in response to Gold King Mine spill

DATE: Aug 4, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

Ignacio company cited for pipeline that leaked into Ute Creek

March spill leaked into a tributary of the Los Pinos River

DATE: Jul 13, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

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