Posted on 09/17/2015 1:36:57 PM PDT by Olog-hai
Federal officials refused to share water-quality data for weeks following a blowout of toxic wastewater from a Colorado mine that fouled rivers across the Southwest, New Mexico’s top environmental regulator said Thursday.
The move by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency aimed to downplay the severity of the spill, hobbling the state’s response, said Ryan Flynn, New Mexico secretary of Environment.
His criticisms, aired before a U.S. House committee investigating the Aug. 5 accident, offered more fodder for congressional Republicans eager to find fault with a federal agency they perceive as having an anti-business agenda.
An EPA cleanup team accidentally triggered the 3 million-gallon spill as it was doing excavation work on the inactive Gold King mine near Silverton, Colorado. The plume turned the Animas River there a sickly mustard yellow color, and the pollution tainted with heavy metals flowed downstream to New Mexico and Utah. …
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FYI
“who is the Transparency Officer now (accountability / responsibility)?”
Sorry, that’s classified.
But seriously, It’s Janice Jacobs.
But...
http://dailycaller.com/2015/09/08/state-departments-new-email-czar-is-a-hillary-clinton-donor/
Colorado Ping ( Let me know if you wish to be added or removed from the list.)
EPA clusterfuch team.
Deny ,..delay , deny,.. delay , lie ,.. delay , deny ,.. delay ,.. , etc....
It is the modus operandi of this “The most transparent Adminsration , ever ..”
They’re good at it. They create havoc everywhere and nothing is ever fixed or resolved because they create one mess and leave it and go on to create another mess. It’s a never ending vicious circle.
Not a surprise. They are sort of like the SS. They do what they like to the detriment of the citizens.
SOB’s!
Hiding behind a government wall of secrecy. They will not stop until we hold them accountable!
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