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Mathy Stanislaus, EPA's assistant administrator of solid waste and emergency response, listens to Treece residents talk about the problems left by the town's mining past. Rep. Lynn Jenkins, R-Kan., introduced a $3.5 million bill to buy out the last of its residents.

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Treece resident Trendle Barr, far right, participated in a town meeting with a delegation from the EPA on a tour of Treece.

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Treece resident Holly Bruner and her 2-year-old son Trenton participated in a town meeting with a delegation from the EPA on a tour of Treece.

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Treece residents talk to an EPA delegation about the contamination problems left by the town's mining past. Rep. Lynn Jenkins, R-Kan., introduced a $3.5 million bill to buy out the last of Treece's residents.

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Mathy Stanislaus, EPA's assistant administrator of solid waste and emergency response, listens to Treece residents talk about the contamination problems left by the town's mining past. Rep. Lynn Jenkins, R-Kan., introduced a $3.5 million bill to buy out the last of its residents.

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Treece residents talk to an EPA delegation about the problems left by the town's mining past. Rep. Lynn Jenkins, R-Kan., introduced a bill to buy out the last of Treece's residents.

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U.S. Rep. Lynn Jenkins talks to state Rep. Doug Gatewood, whose district Treece is in, during a tour of Treece, Kan. Jenkins introduced a bill to buy out the last of its residents.

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David Drake, an EPA project manager, leads a delegation of EPA officials on a tour of Treece, Kan. Behind him is a sinkhole that will be filled and capped.

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