Yellow mine waste water from the Gold King Mine collects in holding pools in San Juan County, Colorado, is seen in this picture released by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) taken August 7, 2015. REUTERS/EPA/Handout
Posted on 08/01/2016 6:32:11 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
DENVER (Reuters) - Federal investigators said on Monday they have opened a criminal probe into the 2015 spill of some 3 million gallons (11 million liters) of toxic wastewater from a defunct Colorado gold mine that was triggered by a contractor with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
At the urging of congressional leaders, the EPA's Office of Inspector General is investigating the rupture from the Gold King Mine above Silverton, Colorado, that fouled waterways in three states and Native American lands, the agency said in a statement.
"Based on requests from several members of the House and Senate, the OIG is conducting both a program evaluation and a criminal investigation of the Gold King Mine spill," the EPA said in a statement.
The OIG is an independent office that audits, investigates and evaluates the agency's activities, the EPA statement said.
Last August, a contractor hired by the EPA to slow seepage from the century-old stake breached a tunnel wall, unleashing a torrent of wastewater that had backed up behind the mountainside.
The orange-colored sludge, containing nearly 900,000 pounds (408, 233 kg) of heavy metals, poured into a creek that feeds the Animas and San Juan rivers and traversed into New Mexico, ultimately emptying into Lake Powell in Utah.
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Yellow mine waste water from the Gold King Mine collects in holding pools in San Juan County, Colorado, is seen in this picture released by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) taken August 7, 2015. REUTERS/EPA/Handout
Looks like the feral government is getting ready to punish the innocent and reward the guilty once again.
Looks like they found their scapegoat to deflect blame from the idiot government officials. With VERY deep pockets I’m sure.
Punish the monkey, let the organ-grinder go.
They’re driving long nails into coffins
I wonder if they can find a contractor run by a Republican to blame
A criminal investigation/prosecution of the government? Useless by definition.
The EPA was warned and did what they did anyway. Kooks like they caused a disaster to blame on someone else. Orchestrated crisis.
The folks in the EPA may want a clean bill of health in order to protect themselves from the possibility of a Trump administration coming after them, later.
This smells of agenda 21. In order to corral the masses into controllable urban areas they need to poison the water supply and food. Sounds like a test
From all this I have heard of it, it sounds completely intentional.
And even if it wasn’t...who has been brought to task in the Federal Government?
Nobody.
No EPA intent. Free as a Bird; Guilty as H377.
Whitewash under way...
Between this and Flint, how does McCarthy have a job? The Republicans have no balls
You got it. Sigh. Sad, but that is where we are.
Don’t sweat it. It’s all part of the trogolodyte economic ecosystem of the government-employment/legal-judicial complex.
What’s a few broken windows between friends?
Colorado Ping ( Let me know if you wish to be added or removed from the list.)
Also : 9NEWS full interview with Donald Trump.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/3454796/posts?page=8#8
In other news, the fox is investigating a break in at the chicken coop...
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