EPA Now Says It’s Not to Blame for Gold King Mine Spill

In their report, the EPA claims it was engaged in only “careful scraping and excavation” with a backhoe outside the mine

John-Michael Seibler, Paul J. Larkin Jr., --December 23, 2015

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On August 5, a crew from the Environmental Protection Agency caused a spill of 3 million gallons of water laden with mercury, arsenic, and other toxic metals from the Gold King mine into a river that supplies drinking water for three states.
While the EPA initially promised to hold itself accountable in the same manner that it would hold a private party, it is becoming increasingly evident that this assertion was not entirely accurate. After the spill, the EPA commissioned an initial analysis of what happened from the Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation (BOR). More...

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