It's also clear that the agency was slow to communicate with local governments and didn't obtain water quality results.
From the outset, I have said that the EPA should be held to the same standards as EPA would hold a private company for the spill, which mean...
Let's identify exactly what went wrong to make sure this doesn't happen again.
This spill shows a greater need for legislation that would allow Good Samaritans the opportunity to assist with cleaning up these abandoned ...
Senator Bennet and I were at a community meeting in Durango where the results of testing and water samples were displayed.
We need to reform the 1872 Mining Law to make sure that companies pay royalties to taxpayers.
This same amount of polluted water was already being released from the Gold King Mine about every week.
It is also clear...the agency was slow to communicate with local governments.
Unfortunately, this didn't provide enough certainty and hasn't encouraged action.
We also need to pass Good Samaritan legislation to encourage counties, nonprofits, and companies to clean up abandoned mines.
We need to pass Good Samaritan legislation, as Senator Gardner said.