The EPA is above the law, don’t you know.
If they had turned this area around Silverton into a Superfund site, they would have had plenty of money to do it right. But that is bad for the tourist business.
Just wait until the courts or congress demand the epa turn over documents related to this incident. Hmmmm. Hard drives erased, docs shredded by “mistake”, participants on assignment out of the country, blah, blah, blah.... We should be used to the routine by now. The epa may have been important at one time and in a limited capacity may be now but seems they cause more problems than they solve.
P.S. Dodged an epa bullet yesterday when the puddles in my yard dried up before anyone could report the new navigable waterways.