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Environmental Protection Agency chief Scott Pruitt says his agency walked away from Colorado after the Gold King Mine spill under the Obama administration, vowing Friday to make a federal cleanup of the Gold King and other abandoned mines around Silverton a priority. He also said he will re evaluate rejected damage claims  totaling hundreds of millions of dollars made in the disasters wake. Brennan Linsley, The Associated Press. In this Aug. 1. 2, 2. Cement Creek is yellow tinged as it flows down a valley just downstream from the Gold King Mine, where a wastewater accident several days earlier had occurred, outside Silverton, Colo. Farmers, business owners and residents initially said they suffered 1. Gold King Mine. The total now appears to be about 4. ZCC13YMCAMENDcoverp1.jpg?w=620' alt='Grasp Program Denver' title='Grasp Program Denver' />New Mexico property owners slashed their claims by 7. Helen H. Richardson, The Denver Post. An excavator works on digging through the toxic sludge that sits near Cement Creek and the water treatment plant for the Gold King Mine on Aug. Silverton. Joe Amon, The Denver Post. Settling ponds at the beginning of operations for discharge water from the Gold King mine at the Gladstone interim water treatment plant above Silverton, CO September 2. Helen H. Richardson, The Denver Post. The water treatment plant for the Gold King Mine is pictured below the mine on August 1. Silverton, Colorado. Helen H. Richardson, The Denver Post. The Gold King Mine can be seen from an adjacent mountain on August 1. Silverton, Colorado. Photo By Brent LewisThe Denver Post. The opening to the Kohler Mine that has been bulkheaded August 1. Red Mountain Pass. Although bulkheaded, the mine is still slowly leaking water that is making its way into the Animas River. The San Juan County and the city of Silverton have a rich mining history with hundreds of mines being in the county including the Gold King Mine which spilled wastewater into the Animas River. Many of these mines were left abandoned or not properly bulkheaded which opens the possibility of wastewater draining into the rivers and creeks below. Jerry Mc. BrideThe Durango Herald via APDan Bender, with the La Plata County Sheriffs Office, takes a water sample from the Animas River near Durango, Colo., Thursday, Aug. The U. S. Environmental Protection Agency said that a cleanup team was working with heavy equipment Wednesday to secure an entrance to the Gold King Mine. Workers instead released an estimated 1 million gallons of mine waste into Cement Creek, which flows into the Animas River. Denver Post file. A worker from Weston Solutions walks next to one of the retention ponds at the bottom of Gold King Mine on Aug. Gladstone townsite. Photo By Brent LewisThe Denver Post. Crews work at two of the retention ponds at the bottom of Gold King Mine on August 1. Gladstone townsite. Members of the EPA, Environmental Restoration, Weston Solutions and the U. S. Coast Guard are working on cleaning up the water in the four retention ponds and helping with the creation of the fifth. Jerry Mc. Bride, The Durango Herald. People kayak in the Animas River near Durango, Colo. Aug. 6, 2. 01. 5, in water colored from a mine waste spill. Geoff Liesik, The Deseret News via APWaste water continues to stream out of the Gold King Mine near Silverton, Colo. Aug. 1. 1, 2. 01. Environmental activist Erin Brockovich, made famous from the Oscar winning movie bearing her name, visited the nations largest American Indian reservation on Tuesday, Sept. Brent Lewis, Denver Post file. A woman stands near the Animas River in Durango on Aug. Gold King Mine blowout. Pruitt visited the site Friday with a delegation of Colorados top politicians on the eve of the two year anniversary of the EPA triggered disaster. He said that he planned to meet with private citizens impacted by the spill, as well as local leaders, to get first hand information on his agencys response. Ive already sent out a letter to all the claimants who have filed claims asking them to resubmit, Pruitt told The Denver Post in a phone interview ahead of his visit to the Gold King. Some of those folks Im sure Ill meet today, and Im looking forward to speaking with them directly. Farmers and ranchers, business owners, the recreational activities that occur on the Animas River all were impacted, and from my perspective it was a wrong that we need to make right. Provided by Cynthia Coffman. From left, EPA chief Scott Pruitt, U. S. Rep. Scott Tipton, R Cortez, and Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper tour the Gold King Mine near Silverton on Aug. Remediation will take place at the scores of sites that have leeched millions of gallons of heavy metal laden water from the Gold King and surrounding mines, Pruitt said, despite President Donald Trumps proposed funding cuts to the EPAs Superfund cleanup program. Silvertons leaders have expressed concern about the EPAs efforts taking too long or being delayed indefinitely. I can absolutely commit that this will be a priority, Pruitt said. Ive shared with Congress that if money is a concern about fulfilling our responsibilities under Superfund, I will advise them. Pruitt said he is working to create a list of 1. Superfund sites of the more than 1,3. EPA to focus on. I dont know yet if the Gold King and surrounding mines will be on that list, he said. We are evaluating all of the sites right now. Either way, it is going to be a priority. In January, the EPA announced it would not pay damage claims from the Aug. Gold King spill, concluding that sovereign immunity protects the agency team that was working on the mine when it triggered a 3 million gallon deluge. Pruitt called that a wrong that the Trump administration intends to fix. The EPA sent letters to 7. I think its safe to say if this had been any other company, a BP type of situation, there would have been an investigation that would ensue by the agency and there would have been accountability, Pruitt said. That didnt take place here. The federal government should not be able to hide behind sovereign immunity when the facts dont meet the protections. Here, the people of Colorado were harmed. The people of Utah, the people of New Mexico were harmed. He added In my estimation, the EPA walked away from those folks and left them in a position of incurring damages without taking accountability. October 5, 2. Donald Trump appoints Colorado based utility executive as regional EPA directorSeptember 2. EPAs Pruitt took charter, military flights that cost taxpayers more than 5. September 2. 7, 2. EPA chief Scott Pruitt took private plane from Denver to Durango during Gold King Mine tripSeptember 2. EPA installs barrier, valve in Gold King Mine to prevent another toxic waste spillSeptember 1. The Trump administration has yet to fill some crucial federal posts for Colorado, the regionPruitt was joined during Fridays tour by Colorados U. S. Sens. Michael Bennet and Cory Gardner, as well as Gov. John Hickenlooper. U. S. Rep. Scott Tipton, R Cortez, and Colorado Attorney General Cynthia Coffman also attended. Gardner, Bennet, Tipton and Hickenlooper, along with EPA officials, also met with constituents in Durango at a 2 p. Pruitts visit.  What we cannot allow to have happen is for there to be the Superfund designation and for there not to be the money, Bennet said. Hickenlooper said he plans to ensure Pruitt delivers on his promises. The EPA would not confirm Pruitts visit to the Gold King until Friday. The Gold King spill turned the Animas River a mustard yellow color as sludge moved down the waterway through Colorado, New Mexico, Utah and American Indian land and eventually reached the Grand Canyon of the Colorado River. The anniversary of the disaster is Saturday. In September 2. 01. EPA designated the Gold King and its surrounding mining sites for Superfund cleanup following years of community pushback. Things 2 Mac Keygen App. Naval Inactive Ship Maintenance Facility. A Naval Inactive Ship Maintenance Facility NISMF is a facility owned by the U. S. Navy as a holding facility for decommissioned naval vessels, pending determination of their final fate. All ships in these facilities are inactive, but some are still on the Naval Vessel Register, while others have been struck from that Register. The ships that have been stricken from the NVR are disposed of by one of several means, including foreign military sale transfer, ship donation as a museum or memorial, domestic dismantling and recycling, artificial reefing, or use as a target vessel. Others are retention assets for possible future reactivation, which have been laid up for long term preservation and are maintained with minimal maintenance humidity control, corrosion control, floodfire watch should they need to be recalled to active duty. The Navy has been actively reducing the number of inactive ships, which numbered as many as 1. The Naval Sea Systems Commands Inactive Ships Management Office INACTSHIPOFF is based in Portsmouth, Virginia. There are NISMFs in In addition, parts of Norfolk Naval Shipyard and Puget Sound Naval Shipyard are designated for the storage of inactive nuclear powered vessels. Inactive ship facilities in Suisun Bay, James River and Beaumont, Texas are owned and operated by the Maritime Administration under the U. S. Department of Transportation. Vessels Moored at NISMFseditFollowing is a short list of vessels currently being stored at the facilities Philadelphia, PAedit. Philadelphia NISMF in 1. Philadelphia NISMF in 1. The mothball fleet at Bremerton, Washington, in 1. View of the ships in the Middle Loch, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, in 2. As of April 8, 2. USNS Hayes T AG 1. Stricken, to be disposed of. USNS Mohawk T ATF 1. Inactive, out of service, in reserve. USS Boone FFG 2. Inactive, out of commission, in reserve. USS Boulder LST 1. Stricken, to be disposed of. USS Canon PG 9. Stricken, available for donation as a museum and memorial. USS Carr FFG 5. Possible foreign sale. USS Charles F. Adams DDG 2 Will be preserved as a museum ship in Jacksonville, Florida. USS Charleston LKA 1. Stricken, to be disposed of. USS Doyle FFG 3. Stricken, to be disposed of by the Security Assistance Program. USS El Paso LKA 1. Stricken, to be disposed of. USS Hawes FFG 5. Inactive, out of commission. USS John F. Kennedy CV 6. To Be Determined, available for donation as a museum and memorial. USS John L. Hall FFG 3. Inactive, out of commission, in reserve. USS Klakring FFG 4. Possible foreign sale. USS Mobile LKA 1. Stricken, to be disposed of. USS Nashville LPD 1. Inactive, out of commission, in reserve. USS Shreveport LPD 1. Stricken, to be disposed of. USS Stephen W. Groves FFG 2. Inactive, out of commission, in reserve. USS Thomas S. Gates CG 5. Stricken, to be disposed of. USS Ticonderoga CG 4. Stricken, available for donation as a museum and memorial. USS Underwood FFG 3. Possible foreign sale. USS Yorktown CG 4. Stricken, to be disposed of. Bremerton, WAeditPearl Harbor, HIeditUSS Curts FFG 3. Inactive, to be disposed of by sale or sinking. USS Denver LPD 9 Inactive, out of commission, in reserve. USS Durham LKA 1. Stricken, to be disposed of. USS Juneau LPD 1. Inactive, out of commission, in reserve8USS Mc. Clusky FFG 4. 1 Inactive, to be disposed of by sale or sinking. USS San Jose AFS 7 Stricken, to be disposed of9USS St. Louis LKA 1. 16 Stricken, to be disposed of. USS Tarawa LHA 1 Inactive, out of commission, in reservecitation neededUSS Vandegrift FFG 4. Stricken, to be disposed of1. USS Peleliu LHA 5 Inactive, out of commission, in reserve. Ships previously heldeditUSNS Able T AGOS 2. Military Sealift Command, Special Mission Ships1. USS America CV 6. Used as a live fire and evaluation platform, sunk in a controlled scuttle on 1. May 2. 00. 51. 21. USS Austin LPD 4 International Shipbreaking Ltd, Brownsville, TX Scrapping completed 2. USS Conolly DD 9. Sunk as a target on 2. April 2. 00. 9 as part of a joint fleet exercise1. USS Coronado AGF 1. Sunk as a reef in the Pacific1. USS Edson DD 9. Stricken, Donated as a museummemorial now museum in Bay City, Michigan1. USS Forrestal CV 5. Sold for scrap for 1 cent to All Star Metals, Brownsville, Texas1. USS Fort Fisher LSD 4. Dismantled as of 0. USS Fresno LST 1. Sunk as target 1. September 2. 01. 42. USS Kilauea AE 2. Sunk in live fire exercise2. USS Independence CV 6. Sold for scrap in Brownsville, Texas. USS Niagara Falls AFS 3 Sunk in live fire exercise2. USS OBannon DD 9. Sunk as training target on 6 October 2. USS Puget Sound AD 3. Esco Marine, Brownsville, Texas Scrapping completed 2. USS Racine LST 1. Awaiting disposal2. USS Ranger CV 6. Sold for scrap in 2. USS Saipan LHA 2 Scrapped as of 0. USS Trout SS 5. Esco Marine, Brownsville, Texas Scrapping completed 2. USS Vincennes CG 4. Disposed of by scrapping, dismantling status changed 1. See alsoeditReferenceseditThis article includes information collected from the Naval Vessel Register, which, as a U. S. government publication, is in the public domain. External linksedit.