(Salt Lake City, UT)  –  State officials say the federal government has reimbursed Utah for costs associated with a 2015 Colorado mine accident.  The “Deseret News” reports that the state has been paid over 460-thousand-dollars by the EPA for expenses related to the Gold King Mine spill.  The spill sent sludge containing lead and arsenic into a Colorado river and forced Utah to monitor Lake Powell to determine the effects of contaminated sediment.  The state is still considering a lawsuit to force the EPA to pay for other costs and damages.Â