On September 17, 2015 EPA released a Draft Monitoring Plan following the Gold King Mine Release. On that date, the Agency released a press statement providing more information on the draft. That press release can be found here. The Draft Monitoring Plan can be found here. The comments below were received by the Agency between September 17 and October 8, 2015.
You may need a PDF reader to view some of the files on this page. See EPA’s About PDF page to learn more.- Comments from the National Park Service, United States Department of the Interior (PDF)(2 pp, 63 K)
- Comments from the Utah Department of Environmental Quality (PDF)(4 pp, 2 MB)
- Attachment 1 to Comments from the Utah Department of Environmental Quality (PDF)(48 pp, 3 MB)
- Attachment 2 to Comments from the Utah Department of Environmental Quality (PDF)(9 pp, 419 K)
- Attachment 3 to Comments from the Utah Department of Environmental Quality (PDF)(2 pp, 188 K)
- Comments from the Ute Mountain Ute Tribe (PDF)(2 pp, 896 K)
- Comments from the Southern Ute Indian Tribe (PDF)(10 pp, 2 MB)
- Comments from the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality (PDF)(2 pp, 126 K)
- Comments from the Arizona Game and Fish Department (PDF)(2 pp, 193 K)
- Comments from the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (PDF)(4 pp, 248 K)
- Comments from the Colorado Department of Natural Resources, Colorado Parks and Wildlife (PDF)(9 pp, 5 MB)
- Comments from La Plata County, Colorado (PDF)(11 pp, 3 MB)
- Comments from the Navajo Nation (PDF)(10 pp, 794 K)
- Comments from the New Mexico Department of Health (PDF)(1 pg, 103 K)