News yesterday was that the Environmental Protection Agency was warned by a geologist, six days prior to the horrible Colorado release of highly contaminated mine waste, that their plans to seal the Colorado mines would result in a breach and release of contaminated water.
“Eventually, without a doubt. The water will find a way out and will
exfiltrate uncontrollably through connected abandoned shafts, drifts,
raises, fractures, and possibly from talus on the hillsides,” geologist Dave Taylor wrote. “But make no mistake, within seven to 120 days all of the 500 gpm
[gallons per minute] flow will return to Cement Creek. Contamination may
actually increase due to disturbance and flushing action within the
workings. The ‘grand experiment’ in my opinion will fail.”
But, EPA says the whole shebang was just an "accident."
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