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An old structure and piles of tailings, the waste product left over from mining operations, are seen at the former Yankee Mine in Mary Ellen Gulch, Utah, a basin near the top of American Fork Canyon, on Saturday, Aug. 15, 2020. (Spenser Heaps/The Deseret News via AP)

Abandoned mines’ threat to drinking water remains unknown

By AMY JOI O'DONOGHUE - Associated Press

The Latest: EPA to review comment request on Alaska proposal

Associated Press

FILE - In this Aug. 6, 2015 file photo, Dan Bender, with the La Plata County Sheriff's Office, takes a water sample from the Animas River near Durango, Colo. after the accidental release of an estimated 3 million gallons of waste from the Gold King Mine by a crew led by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The EPA said Friday, Jan. 13, 2017 that it wont pay claims totaling more than $1.2 billion for economic damages from the spill, saying the law prohibits it. (Jerry McBride /The Durango Herald via AP, File)

Obama’s EPA refuses to pay claims from Gold King Mine spill

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times