Gold King Mine Spill May Renew Interest in "Good Samaritan" Legislation

Copeland, Claudia

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

关键词: Mine wastes;    Water pollution;    Acid mine drainage;    Acid pollution of rivers, lakes, etc.;    Environmental protection;   

RP-ID  :  IN10348
RP-ID  :  IN10348_2015Aug27

美国|英语

来源: UNT Digital Library

【 摘 要 】

This report discusses legislation related toan accidental spill from the Gold King Mine, a long-abandoned gold mine site in Colorado, which released acid mine drainage (AMD) wastewater into a tributary of the Animas River and downstream to the San Juan River. The proposed legislation would authorize Good Samaritan remediation, in which third parties who have no history of polluting at a particular site or legal responsibility for its pollution step forward to clean up AMD or other historic mine residue of pollution.