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This bill — the Gold King Mine Spill Accountability Act of 2018 — would provide compensation to persons injured by the Gold King Mine spill and fund the long-term water quality monitoring programs at the Animas and San Juan Rivers run by the New Mexico’s Long-Term Impact Review Teams. Claims may include damages resulting from: insurance deductibles, lost wages or personal income, emergency staffing expenses, debris removal and other cleanup costs, and any other loss that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator determines to be appropriate for inclusion as a financial loss. The Gold King Mine spill involved the EPA dumping of three million gallons of acid mine drainage into the previously-mentioned rivers, although the agency has resisted paying damages to those harmed by it.

It would also establish an “Office of the Gold King Mine Spill” at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to deal with damage claims and other issues related to the bill.

Claims would be paid from unobligated funds appropriated to the EPA.

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Should EPA Funds Go to Reimbursing People Harmed by the Gold King Mine Spill?