NOTICE OF PUBLIC COMMENT OPPORTUNITY

THE U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA)
ANNOUNCES THE AVAILABILITY FOR PUBLIC REVIEW AND COMMENT OF THE
INITIAL ADMINISTRATIVE RECORD FILE FOR THE GOLD KING MINE RELEASE SITE

SAN JUAN COUNTY, COLORADO

The initial Administrative Record file (AR) for the Gold King Mine Release Site includes the documents considered or relied upon during the emergency removal action and continuing removal action at the Site. A final AR will be available for review and public comment with the publication of the Action Memorandum. Additional documents, including the comments received on the Administrative Record file and EPA’s response to significant comments, may be added at a later date.

EPA encourages the public to review and comment on the documents.

A physical copy of the AR is available at:

Silverton Library 1117 Reese Street, Silverton, CO 81433
Contact: Jackie Kerwin, (970) 387-5770
Hours: Tues. – Thurs., 11 am – 8 pm Fri. & Sat., 10 am – 5 pm Closed Sun. & Mon.

Farmington Public Library
2101 Farmington Ave, Farmington, NM 87401
Contact: Kathi Browning, (505) 599-1270
Hours: Mon – Thu, 9:00 am – 9:00 pm
Fri – Sat, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm
Sun. 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm

Office of the Navajo Nation Library
Arizona Highway 264, Post Office Loop Road
Window Rock, AZ 86515
Contact: Irving Nelson, (928) 871-6376
Hours: Mon. – Friday, 8:00 am – 5:00 pm 

To request a copy of the AR, send an email with your name and mailing address to: peterson.cynthia@epa.gov 

Comments on the Administrative Record file may be submitted in writing for the next 30 days to:

Steven Way
On-Scene Coordinator
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
1595 Wynkoop Street, 8EPR-ER
Denver, CO 80202-1129

Gold King Mine Initial Administrative Record

• REDACTED PolRep #1 (Initial Pollution Report) -Removal Assessment (PDF)(6 pp, 5 MB)
• Draft Technical Memorandum: Historic, Current, and Predicted Metal Concentrations in the Animas River at A72 and Bakers Bridge w/ REDACTED transmittal email dated 9/30/2015 (PDF)(25 pp, 4 MB)
• REDACTED Final Screening-Level Ecological Risk Assessment, Upper Animas Mining District, San Juan County, Colorado 03-06-2013 (PDF)(129 pp, 7 MB)
• REDACTED Water Quality Report - Four Mines Within Cement Creek Watershed 08-27-2012 (PDF)(41 pp, 4 MB)
• Flow and chemistry data from the Gold King Mine Adit (PDF)(6 pp, 578 K)
• Gold King Bond Forfeiture M-1986-013: Phase I, 2008 Permanent Portal Discharge Diversion Structure (PDF)(2 pp, 1 MB)
• New Mexico and Navajo Nation in EPA's Region 6: Sediment Result Cumulative Table [last updated 9/25/2015] (PDF)(101 pp, 8 MB)
• New Mexico and Navajo Nation in EPA's Region 6: Surface Water Result Cumulative Table [last updated 9/25/2015] (PDF)(191 pp, 14 MB)
• Colorado and Utah in EPA's Region 8: Sediment Result Cumulative Table [last updated 9/25/2015] (PDF)(2 pp, 685 K)
• Colorado and Utah in EPA's Region 8: Surface Water Result Cumulative Table [last updated 9/25/2015] (PDF)(90 pp, 9 MB)
• Arizona in EPA's Region 9: Sediment Result Cumulative Table [last updated 9/25/2015] (PDF)(34 pp, 4 MB)
• Arizona in EPA's Region 9: Surface Water Result Cumulative Table [last updated 9/25/2015] (PDF)(107 pp, 13 MB)
• pH of Common Substances (PDF)(1 pg, 558 K)
• PRELIMINARY Analytical Data, Upper Animas River (PDF)(6 pp, 603 K)
• Summary of EPA Surface Water Sampling of Select Metals -- Results to Date, Gold King Mine Blowout (PDF)(6 pp, 798 K)
• GOLD KING MINE - WATERSHED FACT SHEET (PDF)(2 pp, 490 K)
• Dissolved Solids for location ADW-010 (PDF)(12 pp, 764 K)
• Dissolved Solids for location ADW-021 (PDF)(12 pp, 759 K)
• Dissolved Solids for location ADW-022 (PDF)(12 pp, 746 K)
• Dissolved Solids for location FW-012 (PDF)(12 pp, 776 K)
• Dissolved Solids for location FW-040 (PDF)(12 pp, 776 K)
• Dissolved Solids for location LVW-020 (PDF)(12 pp, 796 K)
• Dissolved Solids for location LVW-030 (PDF)(12 pp, 804 K)
• Dissolved Solids for location MW-020 (PDF)(12 pp, 768 K)
• Dissolved Solids for location A68 (PDF)(12 pp, 715 K)
• Dissolved Solids for location NSW-020 (PDF)(12 pp, 761 K)
• Dissolved Solids for location A72 (PDF)(12 pp, 744 K)
• Dissolved Solids for location Bakers Bridge (PDF)(12 pp, 728 K)
• Dissolved Solids for location CC48 (PDF)(12 pp, 760 K)
• Dissolved Solids for location SJ4C (PDF)(12 pp, 741 K)
• Dissolved Solids for location SJLP (PDF)(12 pp, 741 K)
• Dissolved Solids for location SJMC (PDF)(12 pp, 755 K)
• Dissolved Solids for location SJMH (PDF)(12 pp, 778 K)
• Dissolved Solids for location SJSR (PDF)(12 pp, 741 K)
• REDACTED RELEASABLE - SUMMARY REPORT- EPA Internal Review of the August 5, 2015 Gold King Mine Blowout and appendices A through F (no attachment G) downloaded from EPA website (PDF)(23 pp, 14 MB)
• REDACTED email describes chronology of Gold King Mine incident (PDF)(3 pp, 1 MB)
• REDACTED Draft Technical Memorandum [Weston Solutions to EPA]: Gold King Mine Investigation and Blowout Event (PDF)(64 pp, 27 MB)
• Email (from Bruce Stover [DNR] to Steven Way [EPA]) responds to email providing follow-up to ARSG meeting about the status of Red and Bonita and Gold King work (PDF)(3 pp, 180 K)
• Red and Bonita / Gold King Operational Plan -- Draft (PDF)(5 pp, 251 K)
• Project Summary: Gold King Bond Forfeiture M-1986-013, Phase II -- 2009 Reclamation at the Sampson, Number One, and Level Seven Portals (PDF)(5 pp, 16 MB)
• REDACTED: Email forwards email from CDRMS: Gold King Mine Site - Mine Blowout Notification Time Line from 5-Aug-2015 - summarizing response immediately following release (PDF)(2 pp, 699 K)
• REDACTED Site File Memorandum (from EPA): Gold King Mine Release Site Partial Chronology w/attachments (PDF)(10 pp, 1 MB)
• Final - Upper Animas River , 2012 Surface Water Toxicity Testing Report (PDF)(125 pp, 14 MB)
• Animas River Sediment Toxicity Testing Report -December 2012 Sediment Collection (PDF)(72 pp, 11 MB)
• Upper Animas River Surface Water Toxicity Testing Report - April 2013 Surface Water Collection - Final (PDF)(97 pp, 9 MB)
• Upper Animas Draft SLERA Power Point Slides April 17, 2014 (PDF)(21 pp, 2 MB)
• Preliminary Evaluation of Remedial Alternatives Using a Reactive Transport Model: Cement Creek/Animas River - Powerpoint (PDF)(56 pp, 8 MB)