The EPA made a mistake

[Bodfish Mike]

Yellow sludge spilled into river from Colorado gold mine reaches New Mexico - Chicago Tribune

 

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[Hefty1]

Cant blame the Dredgers for this one........WOW!

 

[austin]

The feds setting another great example...

 

[russau]

Well lets see how they sweep this under the rug! Maybe we will learn a new trick!

 

[yodi]

lol theres no way they will ever admit its there fault

 

[KevinInColorado]

lol theres no way they will ever admit its there fault

They already did admit it.

 

[Bonaro]

They already did admit it.

Admitting fault and accepting responsibility are not the same
They are exempt from being fined. The silver lining is the possibility they may go bankrupt attempting cleanup...my wildest dream.
Reality is that as soon as the yellow flushes out of the river this will not be in the news and all will be forgotten

 

[G.I.B.]

EPA fine, $0

Such a tragady.

 

[Aufisher]

Environmental Pollution Agency

 

[KevinInColorado]

Admitting fault and accepting responsibility are not the same
They are exempt from being fined. The silver lining is the possibility they may go bankrupt attempting cleanup...my wildest dream.
Reality is that as soon as the yellow flushes out of the river this will not be in the news and all will be forgotten

Good clarification and very true.

The other reality is that this may not look pretty but it's also not really a big deal environmentally speaking.

 

[arizau]

I like er love the fact that the EPA is caught with their drawers down and their d__k in their hand.

 

[Bonaro]

Good clarification and very true.

The other reality is that this may not look pretty but it's also not really a big deal environmentally speaking.

Not a big deal?
Well....if YOU dumped 3 million gallons of anything into a river that flowed hundreds of miles and affected thousands, do you think the EPA would think it's a big deal?

 

[57chevy]

It sounds like part of the Agenda 21 agenda to depopulate the states and put everyone into a mega city. What better way than polluting the water supply for 4 or 5 states?

 

[CA Gold Hunter]

Not a big deal?
Well....if YOU dumped 3 million gallons of anything into a river that flowed hundreds of miles and affected thousands, do you think the EPA would think it's a big deal?

And that's the irony of it all. Epa does it and it's not a big deal, if anyone else did it the fines would be astronimical, the studies would be massive, and there would be new regulations shortly thereafter...

 

[nh.nugget]

And that's the irony of it all. Epa does it and it's not a big deal, if anyone else did it the fines would be astronimical, the studies would be massive, and there would be new regulations shortly thereafter...

This morning on the ABC news all they talked about was the yellow muck all over everything in the river and how all the businesses that made a living off that river had lost tons of money. I'd call that a major #%^&ing catastrophie!

 

[Bonaro]

I just read a new article where the EPA just announced they should build a permament treatment plan and begin extensive monitoring, all to run indefinately.

Looks like they turned this into a payday

 

[watercolor]

Yes, this is a huge disaster and I feel for everyone that has been impacted by this situation.

I'm not a dredger nor have I ever mined for gold (I've always wanted too, though).
I find this disaster so ironic. . . if a dredger had un-plugged this abandoned mine and caused this horrific catastrophy, there wouldn't be any dredging allowed ANYWHERE along ANY river EVER.

When things start getting back to normal, I would hope that the "hell & brimstone" enviro attitude toward dredging would change for the better. . . or at least be logical.

My thoughts are with you guys.