3.0.0 2135 2023-01-11T13:29:33Z 2023-01-11T13:29:33Z Senate S 2015-10-05 114 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2015-10-05T21:49:11Z 2015-10-05 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral 2015-10-05 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C001095 Sen. Cotton, Tom [R-AR] Tom Cotton R AR N 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 Environmental Protection 00 2015-10-05 Introduced in Senate 2016-07-18T15:51:43Z 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.

]]> A bill to address the liability of the Environmental Protection Agency relating to the Animas and San Juan Rivers spill. Display Title A bill to address the liability of the Environmental Protection Agency relating to the Animas and San Juan Rivers spill. Official Title as Introduced A bill to address the liability of the Environmental Protection Agency relating to the Animas and San Juan Rivers spill. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2015-10-05T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114s2135is/xml/BILLS-114s2135is.xml 2015-10-05 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.