EPA To Spend $360M To Resolve Utah's Claims Over Gold King Mine Spill

(August 6, 2020, 4:05 PM EDT) -- SALT LAKE CITY — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Aug. 5 announced that it reached a $360 million agreement with the state of Utah that would resolve the state's claims under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, Clean Water Act (CWA) and Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) for the cleanup of contamination stemming from the Gold King Mine spill in 2015....