EPA to shell out $1 million to states; Agency will reimburse states for Gold King Mine spill

摘要

THE U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL Protection Agency (EPA) announced that it will reimburse three states, two Native American tribes and a number of counties and towns in Colorado for their costs after the agency accidentally triggered a massive waste water spill from a Colorado mine. ABC News reported that most of the $1 million is for the cost of responding to the spill from the inactive Gold King Mine in southwestern Colorado last August. The agency said it is considering requests for another $570,000 in expenses from the immediate aftermath.