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S 2135 114th Congress Senate Environmental Protection Civil actions and liability Colorado Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Government liability Hazardous wastes and toxic substances Indian lands and resources rights Lakes and rivers Mining New Mexico Pollution liability Utah Water quality

A bill to address the liability of the Environmental Protection Agency relating to the Animas and San Juan Rivers spill.

Introduced: October 5, 2015 Introduced by: Cotton, Tom Republican · Arkansas See on congress.gov
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

This bill removes the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) immunity from claims relating to the August 2015 spill of hazardous waste from an abandoned gold mine in Colorado into the Animas River and the San Juan River.

Civil actions relating to that spill must be commenced within 10 years after the cause of action accrues.

The EPA must work with states and Indian tribes affected by the spill to develop, fund, and implement a long-term monitoring program for water and sediment quality of those rivers.

What's happening now October 5, 2015

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 2135: A bill to address the liability of the Environmental Protection Agency relating to the Animas and San Juan Rivers spill.. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-2135/
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