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On the recordMarch 1, 2016
Local watershed groups and other Good Samaritans want to clean up these sites but are afraid of taking on Superfund and Clean Water Act liability.
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Jim Inhofe
Republican · Oklahoma

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Inhofe discusses the challenges faced by groups wanting to clean abandoned mine sites.

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