Heinrich On Superfund Designation For Upper Animas River Watershed

U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich spoke at a U.S. Senate Committee on Indian Affairs oversight hearing on the Gold King Mine spill, which caused a large plume of bright orange toxic waste to spill into the Animas and San Juan Rivers and pollute the Four Corners region last month. The committee examined the impacts the spill had on Indian Country, including the Navajo Nation, and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) response to the accident. During the hearing, Senator Heinrich discussed the need for Superfund designation in the Upper Animas River watershed to allow the EPA and the state of Colorado to work on long-term cleanup of abandoned mines polluting downstream communities. September 16, 2015.