EPA Pays $1.2 Million More In Local Costs From Mine Spill

DENVER (AP) — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency says it will pay another $1.2 million to tribes, states and local governments affected by a massive mine waste spill in southwestern Colorado.
The agency made the announcement Friday, the anniversary of the blowout at the Gold King Mine, which was accidentally triggered by an EPA-led crew.
The 2015 spill tainted rivers in Colorado, New Mexico and Utah with heavy metals. Three Indian reservations in Colorado and New Mexico were also aff