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EPA crew triggers another wastewater spill

'They're the ones in charge of the program. Is there a better way to approach this?'

By WND News Services
Published October 9, 2015 at 4:30pm

(Denver Post) An Environmental Protection Agency crew working at the Standard Mine above Crested Butte triggered a wastewater spill into a creek that flows into the town water supply — a small-scale repeat of the Gold King incident earlier this year.

Only an estimated 2,000 gallons spilled Tuesday, amid efforts to open a collapsed portal. The impact on town water is expected to be minimal.

Yet critics pounced.

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