Updated: 08/09/2015 12:55 PM | Created: 08/09/2015 12:42 PM
By: Stephen Montoya, KOB.com
Navajo Nation President Russell Begaye announced that he intends to take legal action against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for the massive release of mine waste into the Animas River near Silverton, Colorado.
President Begaye made this announcement Saturday evening at the Shiprock Chapter House, which was packed to capacity with concerned community members living along the San Juan River.
"They are not going to get away with this," Begaye said
He said the sludge has migrated into the San Juan River and is wending through the Navajo Nation.
According to experts the plume is expected to reach Lake Powell by Wednesday.
"The EPA was right in the middle of the disaster and we intend to make sure the Navajo Nation recovers every dollar it spends cleaning up this mess and every dollar it loses as a result of injuries to our precious Navajo natural resources," Begaye said.
"I have instructed Navajo Nation Department of Justice to take immediate action against the EPA to the fullest extent of the law to protect Navajo families and resources," he said.
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Navajo Nation President Russel Begaye
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