EPA accidentally spills million gallons of mine waste in Colorado

[DarrinS]

Oops

http://www.rt.com/usa/311858-colorado-mine-spill-orange/

[TeyshaBlue]

My son lives in Durango. They closed the Animas yesterday to the public. Lots of rafters and kayakers were asked to get out immediately. They had about 45 minute lead time before the contaminated waste made it to their area.

[DarrinS]

That's some pretty nasty looking stuff

[Wild Cobra]

I wonder how much the EPA is going to fine itself?

[Pelicans78]

Pathetic.

[boutons_deux]

Probably a private contractor. Seems like the mine was active 100+ years ago. Original owners made off with the riches and left the pollution behind.

[ElNono]

Hopefully they have a way to cleanup at least some of it. What a mess.

[CosmicCowboy]

No way to clean it up now.

EPA has basically said opps, so sorry.

River bed is now coated with arsenic, lead, copper, zinc, mercury etc. with no way to clean it up.

[boutons_deux]

Wastewater from the Colorado mine spill that turned the Animas River orange this week has made its way to northern New Mexico, the Associated Press reports (http://bigstory.ap.org/article/5f4b7d4ba62f4cf39ef12b248cd3c211/wastewater-colorado-mine-flows-toward-new-mexico-utah).

Officials in the cities of Aztec and Farmington have temporarily shut down the river’s access to water treatment plants.

Meanwhile, containment crews are building makeshift ponds to catch and treat the wastewater, which

continues to spill out of the mine at a rate of about 700 gallons per minute.

http://gizmodo.com/wastewater-from-the-colorado-mine-spill-that-turned-the-1722898347?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+gizmodo%2Ffull+%28Gizmodo%29

[Clipper Nation]

BigGov fucking up and ruining lives, per par.

[SnakeBoy]

We need some regulations to stop these types of things.

[HI-FI]

BigGov fucking up and ruining lives, per par.

[Wild Cobra]

We need some regulations to stop these types of things.

How do you regulate stupidity of government workers?

From what I've seen, you have to lose IQ points to get promoted.

Maybe the IQ points is a natural function of all that ass kissing to get promoted.

[boutons_deux]

How do you regulate stupidity of government workers?

govt workers? proof?

not govt contractors?

[Wild Cobra]

govt workers? proof?

not govt contractors?

Ever see the quality of contracted workers the government brings in?

[boutons_deux]

Ever see the quality of contracted workers the government brings in?

yep, you're right. Even the govt's own employees haven't won a war in 40 years.

[DMX7]

Oops

http://www.rt.com/usa/311858-colorado-mine-spill-orange/

Why do you care? This is what you want, right? Let anyone do whatever the heck they want to the environment. Freedom!

[DarrinS]

Why do you care? This is what you want, right? Let anyone do whatever the heck they want to the environment. Freedom!

Actually, I drive a soul-crushing Prius and conserve as much energy as possible. Just because I'm skeptical of the climatepocalypse, doesn't mean I hate the environment.

[DMX7]

Just because I'm skeptical of the climatepocalypse, doesn't mean I hare the environment.

You don't care about it that much -- and certainly not more than the economy. To deny man made global warming at this point... with all the evidence... is to say you just don't care that much about the environment.

[DarrinS]

You don't care about it that much -- and certainly not more than the economy. To deny man made global warming at this point... with all the evidence... is to say you just don't care that much about the environment.

I don't deny man made global warming. I just don't think it's going to be catastrophic. I'm fully in agreement with the so-called 97% consensus, which never claimed it was "dangerous".

[boutons_deux]

How the EPA managed to spill 3 million gallons of mining waste into a Colorado river

http://www.vox.com/2015/8/10/9126853/epa-mine-spill-animas

[DarrinS]

Are they going to fine themselves?

[boutons_deux]

Are they going to fine themselves?

no, the responsible people will be transferred to DoJ's Fast and Furious operation.

[TheSanityAnnex]

Get your tinfoil out. Local geologist writes newspaper a letter week before and predicts the spill and says EPA will do it on purpose to seize area and funds for treatment plant.



http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2015/08/letter-to-editor-predicted-colorado-epa-spill-one-week-before-catastrophe-so-epa-could-secure-superfund-cash/ (http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2015/08/letter-to-editor-predicted-colorado-epa-spill-one-week-before-catastrophe-so-epa-could-secure-superfund-cash/)

Last Wednesday, a small EPA-supervised work crew inspecting the Gold King mine accidentally knocked a hole in a waste pit, releasing at least three million gallons of acidic liquid laden with toxic heavy metals. (ABC (http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/officials-downstream-colorado-mine-spill-demand-answers-33005658))This letter to editor, posted below, was published in The Silverton Standard and The Miner (http://www.silvertonstandard.com/) local newspaper, authored by a retired geologist, one week before EPA mine spill. The letter detailed verbatim, how EPA officials would foul up the Animas River on purpose in order to secure superfund money. If the Gold King mine was declared a superfund site it would essentially kill future development for the mining industry in the area. The Obama EPA is vehemently opposed to mining and development.
The EPA pushed for nearly 25 years (http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/officials-downstream-colorado-mine-spill-demand-answers-33005658), to apply its Superfund program to the Gold King mine. If a leak occurred the EPA would then receive superfund status. That is exactly what happened.
The EPA today admitted they misjudged the pressure in the gold mine (http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/08/11/epa-we-misjudged-pressure-gold-mine-before-spill/31447379/) before the spill – just as this editorial predicted.
The letter was included in their print edition on July 30, 2015. The spill occurred one week later.

http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/wp-content/uploads/editorial-colorado-epa-575x1989.jpg (http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/wp-content/uploads/editorial-colorado-epa.jpg)

[ChumpDumper]

Ever see the quality of contracted workers the government brings in?How long did you work for the government?

[SpursforSix]

Get your tinfoil out. Local geologist writes newspaper a letter week before and predicts the spill and says EPA will do it on purpose to seize area and funds for treatment plant.



http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2015/08/letter-to-editor-predicted-colorado-epa-spill-one-week-before-catastrophe-so-epa-could-secure-superfund-cash/ (http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2015/08/letter-to-editor-predicted-colorado-epa-spill-one-week-before-catastrophe-so-epa-could-secure-superfund-cash/)

Last Wednesday, a small EPA-supervised work crew inspecting the Gold King mine accidentally knocked a hole in a waste pit, releasing at least three million gallons of acidic liquid laden with toxic heavy metals. (ABC (http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/officials-downstream-colorado-mine-spill-demand-answers-33005658))This letter to editor, posted below, was published in The Silverton Standard and The Miner (http://www.silvertonstandard.com/) local newspaper, authored by a retired geologist, one week before EPA mine spill. The letter detailed verbatim, how EPA officials would foul up the Animas River on purpose in order to secure superfund money. If the Gold King mine was declared a superfund site it would essentially kill future development for the mining industry in the area. The Obama EPA is vehemently opposed to mining and development.
The EPA pushed for nearly 25 years (http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/officials-downstream-colorado-mine-spill-demand-answers-33005658), to apply its Superfund program to the Gold King mine. If a leak occurred the EPA would then receive superfund status. That is exactly what happened.
The EPA today admitted they misjudged the pressure in the gold mine (http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/08/11/epa-we-misjudged-pressure-gold-mine-before-spill/31447379/) before the spill – just as this editorial predicted.
The letter was included in their print edition on July 30, 2015. The spill occurred one week later.



damn

[CosmicCowboy]

An old girlfriend of mine from college is getting destroyed by this deal. She just spent her life savings (she was a chemical engineer) to retire on the Animas below Durango and started an organic farm...until this spill they got all of their water from the river. The EPA is taking responsibility for delivering clean house water but that is all. There is no way now she can use the river water (possibly forever) to water the organic vegetables because of the heavy metals in the water and who would want to buy a farm on a polluted river? She can't sue the contractor and can't sue the EPA so she is totally screwed.