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By: audrey159

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By: November 30, 2009 – Environmental Law Settlements, Decisions, Regulatory Actions and Lawsuit Filings « Environmental Law & Climate Change Law Blog

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 17:28:23 +0000

[...] Udall’s Good Samaritan water-cleanup bill drawing support. — Katie Redding, The Colorado Independent, November 23, 2009 U.S. Sen. Mark Udall’s new streamlined Good Samaritan legislation, designed to encourage volunteer water cleanup projects, may yet become law. It is the 11th piece of Good Samaritan legislation to be introduced in Congress in the last 15 years. Udall’s bill, however, is drawing more support and less opposition than the previous bills, all of which failed to gain traction on Capitol Hill. The bill by the Democratic senator would provide legal protection for non-profit and other groups who would clean up water contamination from the thousands of abandoned mines across Colorado. Click Here [...]

By: S.B. 1777: Good Samaritan Cleanup of Abandoned Hardrock Mines Act of 2009 « Coyote Gulch

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 12:34:22 +0000

[...] From the Colorado Independent (Katie Redding): With so many previous versions defeated, proponents of Udall’s new version laugh wryly when asked if the bill will pass this time around. In fact, there are indications that this time may be different. Having Udall in the Senate, where he’s been able to attract the attention of the Environment and Public Works Committee, will help, according to Cathy Carlson, policy adviser for the Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit Earthworks. “He’s met a few times with Sen. [Barbara] Boxer, who chairs the Environment and Public Works Committee, and she’s expressed interest in trying to do something with this bill,” Carlson said. Carlson also believed the bill has a friend in the Obama administration. “It’s a priority for the secretary of the Interior, Ken Salazar, who is from Colorado,” she said. Carlson — who recently returned from meeting with the staff of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee about the bill — said she expects the committee will hear the bill by spring… [...]

By: coyotegulch

coyotegulch — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 10:36:00 +0000

Hi Katie,

Nice article. It's good to see that you're still covering mining stuff although this is a bit different from the Leadville Mine Drainage Tunnel story.

John Orr (Coyote Gulch)

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Mon, 23 Nov 2009 21:50:38 +0000

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