The EPA has a record of releasing toxic runoff from mines that dates to 2005. That dump – containing arsenic, lead and other materials – materialized in runoff in the town of Leadville, said Todd Hennis, who owns both mines along with numerous others.
“If a private company had done this, they would’ve been fined out of existence,” Hennis said. “I have been battling the EPA for 10 years and they have done nothing but create pollution. About 20 percent (of Silverton residents) think it’s on purpose so they can declare the whole area a Superfund site.”
http://watchdog.org/234100/epa-disasters/
Job security?
The EPA is like Obama, thumbing it’s NOSE at Americans and our LAWS.
These incidents are so far past being accidental it’s sickening.
Forget fines and start indicting contractors and all EPA personnel connected to these incidents. Prosecute, convict, dole out max sentences and these turkeys will start thinking twice about these “bogus” probes.