Common Contracts

Agreement Between Colorado and the United States to Settle Potential CERCLA Natural Resource Damages Claims of Colorado

Settlement Agreement • May 11th, 2023

• Contract Type
  Settlement Agreement
• Filed
  May 11th, 2023

WHEREAS, on August 5, 2015, more than three million gallons of acid mine drainage containing heavy metals from the Gold King Mine located in San Juan County, Colorado, were released into downstream waters including the Animas and San Juan Rivers during a removal site evaluation by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”);