mr. williamson. do you think this toxic spill was inevitable?f you could answer it yes or no, that would be good. do you think a toxic spill was inevitable? >> i guess i'm not really qualified -- >> is that no? >> from an assessment standpoint to really answer that question. certainly, there was buildup that would have gone somewhere at some point, but i don't, i do not know if it would have resulted in a blow -- >> okay. and dr. williamson? >> i would ultimately like to rely on more detailed evaluations, however, i once say that it's necessarily inevitable. it was, in fact, holding back quite a lot of water at this point, and there are other locations within the district that i'm aware of that act as opportunities for releasing pressure, so it's, it remains to be seen. it would have to be forecast with a little more certainty, i think. >> okay. thank you all. and the gentle woman from texas, ms. johnson's recognized for her questions. >> thank you, mr. chairman. mr. stanislaus, how did epa come to be involved with the efforts to address mine wa

mr. williamson. do you think this toxic spill was inevitable?f you could answer it yes or no, that would be good. do you think a toxic spill was inevitable? >> i guess i'm not really qualified -- >> is that no? >> from an assessment standpoint to really answer that question. certainly, there was buildup that would have gone somewhere at some point, but i don't, i do not know if it would have resulted in a blow -- >> okay. and dr. williamson? >> i would ultimately like to rely on more detailed evaluations, however, i once say that it's necessarily inevitable. it was, in fact, holding back quite a lot of water at this point, and there are other locations within the district that i'm aware of that act as opportunities for releasing pressure, so it's, it remains to be seen. it would have to be forecast with a little more certainty, i think. >> okay. thank you all. and the gentle woman from texas, ms. johnson's recognized for her questions. >> thank you, mr. chairman. mr. stanislaus, how did epa come to be involved with the efforts to address mine wa

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swain: randy williamson on twitter, "mrs.lidge was asked to give a speech to newspaperwomen, newspaperwomen which she did for five minutes in sign language. was that the first?" ms. bittinger: i did asked her son if that was true and he said absolutely not. so we have a contrary in here. he said, "my mother would never have used sign language. she didn't know it." so i don't know, was it observed by anyone who disagreed with him, i don't know. ms. swain: i want to go back to the renovation of the white house because the coolidges, by the decision to create that third floor space changed forever the white house and also the way that first families use this with the creation of the solarium. so we have a view of what the solarium looked like when they were finished and also we're going to show some video from our white house documentary series of what the solarium looks like today as first families use it. this space established by the coolidges back during their administration is very much a private space on the top floor of t

mr. chair. so i think congressman buyer, congressman takano have really hit on the key point here. which is as dr. williamson said, we've got thousands of mines in colorado. many abandoned, many properly closed. with all sorts of issues. and at some point we've got to address them. we've had you know, lakes collapse into mine shafts causing huge releases down the river and into the san juan and navajo nation. so let's just go back to basics here. so the epa started working on this at least with the stakeholder group and with its professionals in 2014, did it not, mr. stanislaus? >> yeah, slightly before 2014 sfwl so you work with affected individuals to try to figure out what to do to minimize that 300 million gallons that was being released into a river that runs right through the heart of durango and into the navajo nation, is that right? >> that's correct. >> in so doing you contracted with the private sector to do the construction and remediation work that the professionals felt was appropriate, did you not? >> that's correct. with epa also signed. >> and one of those contractors was you, mr. grainy, and

mr. chair. i think you've hit ton key point here, which is as dr. williamson said, we've got thousands of miles in colorado, many abandoned, many properly closed with all sorts of issues. at some point, we've got to address them. we've had lakes collapse into mine shafts causing huge releases down the animus river and the san juan and into the navajo nation. back to basics here. so, the e prk a started working on this at least with the stakeholder group and its professionals in 2014. did it not? >> yeah, slightly before. >> so, you worked with affected individuals. to try to figure out what to do to minimize that 300 million gallons that was being released into a river that runs right through the heart of durango and into the navajo nation. is that correct? >> correct. >> in so doing, you contracted with the private sector to do the correction and remediation work that the professionals felt was appropriate. did you not? >> that's correct. >> was you and your company. true? >> that's correct. and listening to your testimony, you've done some 1300 similar kinds