Utah Seeking $1.9 Billion From EPA Over Mine-Waste Spill

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah (AP) – Utah officials have confirmed the state is asking the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for $1.9 billion in damages after the EPA inadvertently triggered a multistate spill from an old gold mine in Colorado.
Dan Burton, a spokesman for the Utah attorney general’s office, said Tuesday the state filed the claim in February but never publicly announced it. Word of the claim first surfaced Friday when the EPA made a passing reference to it in a news re