Draft plan for Gold King Mine payouts released

FARMINGTON, N.M. (KRQE) – New Mexico communities are still working to clean up after wastewater from the Gold King Mine flowed into the Animas and San Juan River in 2015. Now, a draft restoration plan proposes funding 10 large restoration projects.The plan, released by the New Mexico Office of Natural Resources Trustee (ONRT), would put $12 million from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and contractors towards projects. And ORNT wants public comment on the proposed project