EPA Wants To Keep Treatment Plant Running After Mine Spill

DENVER (AP) — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency wants to keep operating a temporary wastewater treatment plant near the Gold King Mine in southwestern Colorado while it looks for longer-term solutions after a massive spill at the mine last year.
The EPA announced its intentions last week, and a final decision will be made next month.
The move was expected.
The plant began operating in October 2015, about 10 weeks after an EPA-led crew inadvertently triggered a 3-million-gallon spill