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construction and removal projects. one priority is to keep the public informed of the impacts from the release the epa closely coordinated with our federal partners with officials in colorado, navajo nation and the ute tribes to keep them apprised of results which are routinely posted on our website. these do indicate that they have returned to pre-event conditions and the decision makers about lifting water restrictions along the animas river and san juan rivers. finally i want to clarify the epa was working with the state of colorado to take action to a the gold king mine for a potential of a catastrophic release in the ongoing water quality impact caused by the discharges into the upper animas river watershed. approximately 330 million gallons of contaminated water was discharged in the water shed each year that is 100 times more than the estimated release from the mine on august 5th. it continues to work with the state of the colorado to address the significant discharges
LouisianaUnited-statesMine-runPennsylvaniaAnimas-riverNew-mexicoJapanMissouriTexasAlaskaFloridaCalifornia we should be voting no on the amendment offered by the majority leader. with that i yield the floor. the presiding officer: the senator from tennessee. mr. corker: i think i understand the frustration expressed by the ranking member. i think what has happened, the ranking member knows that i worked with him to ensure that when we had this debate we stayed away from those issues that that divided us. he knows that i took multiple tough votes, as did others, to keep things in balance. and there are members of this body that feel like this amendment that you re talking about is one that they would have liked to have expressed themselves on, and since we re in a place where it appears that 42 senators are going to keep us from actually being able to go forward with the vote on whether we agree or disagree with this, you and i are in the same place on this, but since that has occurred out of frustration and knowing that there are other members who wanted to express themselves in
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