07/15/2009
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"How many abandoned mines is the EPA currently working on?"
"the EPA was only doing that work because it was stepping in to clean up an abandoned mine that had been polluting the area for decades."
"In my own congressional district in St. Paul, I had an electric utility that made the decision to convert from coal to gas."
"It falls on the taxpayer to pay for the cleanup for these mines."