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The state of Colorado did not fully assure that funds intended to treat mining wastes and remove contaminants from water were effectively spent

Main Author:	United States. Environmental Protection Agency. Office of the Inspector General,
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Washington, D.C. : U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Inspector General, 2014.
Physical Description:	1 online resource (22 pages).
Series:	Report (United States. Environmental Protection Agency. Office of Inspector General) ; no. 14-R-0032.
Subjects:	Water -- Purification -- Colorado. Coal mines and mining -- Waste disposal -- Colorado. Grants-in-aid -- Colorado. Colorado -- Appropriations and expenditures -- Auditing.
Online Access:	https://purl.fdlp.gov/GPO/gpo47021

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