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EPA report: $14 million spent on spill so far

The Environmental Protection Agency has so far spent more than $14 million in its response to the Aug. 5 Gold King Mine blowout, according to an internal document. And an Oct. 6 w...

DATE: Oct 15, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

EPA: Tests say water sent to Navajos met standards

DENVER – New tests on water sent to Navajo Nation farmers after millions of gallons of waste spilled from a Colorado mine indicate that the emergency supply met federal and tribal standards ...

DATE: Oct 15, 2015 | CATEGORY: Regional News

EPA rules extend to pesticides, petroleum

Regulations focus on protecting farmworkers, cutting emissions emissions

DATE: Sep 29, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

Water-treatment system announced for Gold King

EPA building temporary facility to treat polluted water

DATE: Sep 23, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

Agency considers treatment facility

EPA initiates bidding for potential water plant

DATE: Sep 17, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

County wants real-time water-monitoring system

Commissioners mull remedial options in aftermath of mine spill

DATE: Sep 15, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

After spill, work suspended at 10 mine sites

BILLINGS, Mont. – Site investigations and some cleanup work at 10 polluted mining complexes in four states were suspended because of conditions similar to those that led to a massive wastewa...

DATE: Sep 13, 2015 | CATEGORY: Regional News

At Bullion Mine, project keeps waste under control

Bullion King Mine being successfully treated

DATE: Sep 11, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

S. Utes: Spill costs at $200K

Chairman says EPA ‘never lifted a finger’ to alert the tribe

DATE: Sep 10, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

Danger to Animas River short-lived

Independent study confirms low toxicity after Gold King spill

DATE: Sep 2, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

State officials say Animas River fish safe to eat

DENVER – Trout from the Animas River are safe to eat following water contamination from the Gold King Mine spill, according to an announcement Wednesday by state health officials. ...

DATE: Sep 2, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News