The federal district judge presiding over litigation on the 2015 Gold King Mine wastewater spill has again rejected EPA's bid for a quick resolution to at least some of the pending claims in the case, ordering the agency to delay seeking summary judgment until the years-long fact-finding process of discovery advances. In an Oct. 17 order, Chief Judge William P. Johnson of the U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico writes that EPA acted prematurely in filing a motion just eight days after the start of fact-finding for the court to reject tort claims filed by the states of Utah and New Mexico, the Navajo Nation and private citizens over the spill.
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机译：主持关于2015年金王矿山废水泄漏诉讼的联邦地方法官再次拒绝了EPA的要求，以迅速解决该案中的至少一些未决要求，并命令该机构将寻求简易判决的决定推迟到数年之久。 -发现进展的发现过程。在10月17日的命令中，新墨西哥州美国地方法院首席法官William P. Johnson写道，EPA在事实调查开始后仅八天就提起诉讼提早提起诉讼，要求法院驳回侵权诉讼。漏油事件由犹他州和新墨西哥州，纳瓦霍族和私人公民提交。
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