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` UNITES STATES DISTRICT COURT
`FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEW MEXICO
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`No. 1:18-md-02824-WJ
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`In re: Gold King Mine Release in San Juan
`County, Colorado on August 5, 2015
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`This Document Relates to:
`No. 1:16-cv-00931-WJ/LF and
`No. 1:16-cv-00465-WJ/LF
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`ORDER GRANTING NAVAJO NATION, NEW MEXICO, AND MINING
`DEFENDANTS’ JOINT MOTION TO APPROVE AND ENTER
`PROPOSED CONSENT DECREE
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`The Court, having considered the joint motion, MDL ECF 1268, filed on July 13, 2021,
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`by Plaintiffs the Navajo Nation, a federally recognized Indian Tribe, on its own behalf, and as
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`parens patriae on behalf of the Navajo people (“Navajo Nation”), Plaintiffs the State of New
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`Mexico and the New Mexico Environment Department (together “New Mexico”), and
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`Defendants Sunnyside Gold Corporation (“SGC”), Kinross Gold Corporation (“KGC”), and
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`Kinross Gold U.S.A., Inc. (“KGUSA”) (collectively “Mining Defendants”) to approve and enter
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`the proposed Consent Decree lodged with the Court on May 6, 2021 (MDL ECF 1184-1),
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`finding that the proposed Consent Decree is procedurally and substantively fair, reasonable, and
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`consistent with CERCLA’s goals, and with no responses opposing the joint motion having been
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`filed, HEREBY ORDERS THE FOLLOWING:
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` The Navajo Nation, New Mexico, and the Mining Defendants’ Joint Motion to
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`Approve and Enter Proposed Consent Decree is GRANTED.
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`The proposed Consent Decree lodged with the Court by the Navajo Nation, New
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`Mexico, and the Mining Defendants on May 6, 2021 (MDL ECF 1184-1) is hereby
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`APPROVED and ENTERED.
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`______________________________
`WILLIAM P. JOHNSON
`CHIEF UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
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