EPA Says It Will Build Temporary Treatment Plant For Mine

SILVERTON, Colo. (AP) – The Environmental Protection Agency said Wednesday it will set up a temporary treatment plant for wastewater flowing from the Gold King Mine in southwestern Colorado after 3 million gallons surged out of the mine in August, tainting rivers in three states.
The EPA said it needs the plant because it will be unsafe to operate the settling ponds that are now in use when winter temperatures fall below zero.
The EPA released documents last week saying it was considering