Loading ...The state of New Mexico plans to sue the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) over last year’s toxic Colorado mining spill that sent 3 million gallons of waste into the Animas and San Juan rivers.
In a notice of intent to sue filed by the state Thursday, officials claim the EPA is to blame for the the consequences of the blowout at the abandoned Gold King Mine in Colorado, which caused the massive spill last August.
Officials have yet to tally the total damage from the accident, but they say the EPA has repeatedly failed in its duties to protect the state and its residents.
“From the very beginning, the EPA failed to hold itself accountable in the same way that it would a private business,” Ryan Flynn, secretary of New Mexico’s Environment Department, said in a statement.
“The EPA caused an unprecedented disaster that may affect our state for years to come,” he added
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