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About to get back to its pre-spill color because the toxic water is moving through next mexico now. when pushed, the epa could not explain why of all the agencies it was not able to prevent this disaster. they say there will be an independent investigation. the epa said it set up collection pools to deal with the situation. the 3 million gallons still moving. julie: what happen with these disaster declarations in new mexico and colorado. >> reporter: it frees up $500 million to begin the cleanup...

Forthcoming. >> it took them a little less than 24 hours before they even told us, number one. number two were not told what toingss are in the river. >> reporter: governor martinez says her state may sue. >> we cannot have different standards for private industry and for the federal government. and we are going to hold them accountable. >> reporter: the epa says it has teams on the ground, testing and retesting water in multiple states that depend on this river water. as the sludge moves downst...

Water that had been overflowing in the past? >> reporter: right. the difficulty you have, of course, is that you still have reactors that are overheated, and they have to be cool. the cores have to be kept at a controllable temperature as do the fuel rods. so theyve been dumping water or circulating water to do all of that. the problem is the its not a perfect system. there are large leaks, it would appear. so you have radioactive water thats escaping from the normal c contamminary. there are co...