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Public suggests EPA has quantifiable goals for reducing mine pollution

Agency wants to mitigate 26 mines over five years

DATE: Jun 22, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News

EPA finds place near Silverton to store Gold King Mine sludge

More preferred option removes need to haul waste to Bondad landfill

DATE: Jun 6, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News

Steve Fearn, co-founder of Animas River Stakeholders Group, dies at 74

Longtime Silverton resident wanted to bring back mining

DATE: Apr 23, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News

EPA fires back at critics over Gold King Mine wastewater

DENVER – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency fired back Thursday after a mining company accused the agency of failing to run a southwestern Colorado treatment plant at full capacity, le...

DATE: Apr 12, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

EPA considers hauling Gold King Mine sludge to landfill south of Durango

Critics say plan is not practical financially or environmentally

DATE: Apr 10, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News

Mining company challenges EPA order for Superfund site study

DENVER – A mining company is formally challenging an Environmental Protection Agency order to pay for an investigation of underground water flows at a Colorado Superfund site. Sun...

DATE: Mar 21, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

EPA may be overstating claims from Gold King Mine spill

Agency says it is still reviewing requests for compensation

DATE: Mar 16, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado official requests immunity for environmentalists cleaning up mines

Tipton wants law to provide flexibility

DATE: Mar 16, 2018 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

EPA orders Sunnyside Gold to investigate mine pollution

Company disputes claims, cites previous reclamation efforts

DATE: Mar 15, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News

Court denies challenge to Superfund site near Silverton

Judges say EPA followed rules when including mining sites in cleanup area

DATE: Mar 6, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News

Lawsuits against EPA contractor’s activity at Gold King Mine move ahead

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Legal challenges against a federal contractor involved in a mine waste spill that polluted rivers in three Western states are being allowed to move forward. Th...

DATE: Feb 15, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News