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Utah recovers response costs and secures water‑quality grants after 2015 Gold King Mine blowout
Summary
Utah recovered roughly $900,000 in response costs, EPA committed about $3 million in water‑quality grants and mining companies contributed about $7 million under a multi‑state settlement tied to the 2015 Gold King Mine release, officials said.
Utah officials say the state has recovered costs and secured funding tied to the 2015 Gold King Mine blowout that sent contaminated mine water into the San Juan River and Lake Powell.
Craig Anderson, director of the environment and health divisions in the Utah Attorney General’s office, said the state recovered about $900,000 in emergency‑response costs and that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency agreed to fund roughly $3,000,000 in water‑quality grants to the Utah Division of Water Quality. Anderson also said three mining companies — Sunnyside Gold, Kinross Gold and Harrison Western — contributed about $7,000,000 in…
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