Think there'll be any fish left?

We've been selling heavy metal removal systems since the 50's, an IX unit would have cleaned this up just fine at a reasonable cost and could have started years ago.

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"Taylor then went on to explain in detail how millions of gallons of heavy-metal laden water would be released because of the buildup of too much pressure by the EPA plugging the mine. Under this scenario, the EPA would need instant funding to build a treatment plant for the clean up process. Taylor was dead-on. "“Based on my 47 years of knowledge and experience as a professional geologist,” Taylor wrote. “It appears to me that the EPA is setting your town and the area up for a possible Superfund blitzkrieg.”

Taylor then explained that EPA officials were fully aware of what was going to happen to the mine after certain portals were blocked and that the EPA’s “grand experiment” would backfire shortly after. He explained in detail how the integrity of the mine would quickly degrade, then gave the dire prediction that within 120 days, there would be a catastrophic failure.

“Reading between the lines, I believe that has been the EPA’s plan all along,” Taylor continued. “The proposed Red & Bonita plugging plan has been their way of getting their foot in the door to justify their hidden agenda for construction of a treatment plant.”

Had the locals not fought the Superfund designation the site would have been addressed properly long ago instead of with the stop gap measures which led to this spill.