WASHINGTON, Sept. 10 -- Sen. Jim Risch issued the following press release:
U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho) celebrated the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) first-ever permit under the Good Samaritan Remediation of Abandoned Hardrock Mines Pilot Program. The program, established by legislation written by Senator Risch and Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), makes it easier for state agencies, local governments, nonprofits, and other groups to clean up and improve water quality in and around abandoned hardrock mines.
"The first Good Samaritan permit is a momentous occasion, ending decades worth of legal battles that prevented commonsense environmental improvements from taking place at long-abandoned hardrock mines," said Risch."Our goo...