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EPA announces Colorado-based office to clean abandoned mines

Office of Mountains, Deserts and Plains will lead remediation, including Gold King Mine

DATE: Sep 6, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

EPA settles with Utah over Gold King Mine spill

SALT LAKE CITY – The U.S. government settled a lawsuit Wednesday brought by the state of Utah over a mine waste spill caused by federal workers that sent wastewater downstream to several sta...

DATE: Aug 6, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

Five years after Gold King Mine spill, water quality remains a concern

For a few days in August 2015, invisible mining pollutants could be seen by the world

DATE: Aug 5, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

EPA proposes permanent mine waste dump site north of Silverton

Project needs approval from Sunnyside Gold, a company potentially on hook for costs

DATE: Jul 30, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

EPA will temporarily plug ‘bad boy’ mine near Silverton

Experiment will help agency understand region’s hydrology, evaluate long-term solution

DATE: Jul 7, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

Forecast for Animas River flows don’t look rosy

Below average water, peak flows expected during early runoff

DATE: May 4, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

New Mexico to address lingering concerns of Gold King Mine spill

Session planned with Navajos

DATE: Mar 2, 2020 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

EPA: Mine spilling waste into Animas River returns to normal

Agency says water sample results should be available next week

DATE: Oct 11, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News

Animas River Stakeholders disband after 25 years of cleanup efforts

Group’s role fell into doubt after Superfund established outside Silverton

DATE: Aug 29, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News

EPA names new lead for Bonita Peak Mining District Superfund site

Christina Progess at helm of cleanup around Silverton

DATE: Aug 22, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News

Where to store sludge? Sunnyside Gold offers site to the EPA

Water-treatment plant produces 4,600 cubic yards of waste byproduct per year

DATE: Aug 15, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News

Bonita Peak Superfund not affected by EPA shakeup

Mines around Silverton remain on immediate action list

DATE: Jul 19, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News