A - Everyone. There is no official membership. To enable the local community to participate in the decision making process at state and national levels. To develop a more practical and achievable approach to water quality improvements than traditional top-down enforcement practices. The upper Animas has been considered and continues to be considered a possible Superfund site.
Superfund designation depends partly upon current remediation efforts.
Stakeholders fear that Superfund will lead to unwarranted actions, higher costs, litigation and the withholding of information, reduced property values and fewer opportunities for community self determination. On the other hand Superfund does have access to more resources. Because Superfund requires 'cost recovery' of expended funds whenever possible, there is no assurance that land owners who did not create the problem would not be charged for this method of Federal managed cleanup. A - Provide technical information and possibly financial assistance for mine impact remediation opportunities. Through remediation, reduce owner liability for sites that may be impacting water with toxic metals and acid.