EPA Touts 'Discretionary Function' Defense In Gold King Mine Spill Suit

摘要

EPA is arguing that the decisions its staff made leading up to the 2015 Gold King Mine (GKM) wastewater spill were "discretionary" judgment calls that are protected against a pending lawsuit seeking damages for the accident, fighting the Navajo Nation's bid to add tort claims against the agency to the broad court case over the spill.