EPA Knew of ‘Blowout’ Risk At Gold Mine

By Michael Biesecker and Matthew Brown Associated Press - Aug 23, 2015

Washington — U.S. officials knew of the potential for a catastrophic “blowout” of toxic wastewater from an inactive gold mine, yet appeared to have only a cursory plan to deal with such an event when government contractors triggered a 3 million gallon spill, according to internal documents released by the Environmental Protection Agency. The EPA released the documents late Friday following weeks of prodding from The Associated Press...