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Nick Rahall: “Should taxpayers be on the hook obviously for a multi-multi-billion dollar cleanup cost that is impacting 160,000…”

On the recordFebruary 25, 2009
Should taxpayers be on the hook obviously for a multi-multi-billion dollar cleanup cost that is impacting 160,000 hardrock abandoned mines in the West?
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Nick Rahall
West Virginia

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Rahall questions the financial burden of abandoned mines on taxpayers.

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