Sens. Bennet, Gardner Question EPA About Mine Spill ‘Unacceptable’

WASHINGTON, D.C. (CBS4)– It’s been more than a month since 3 million gallons of toxic water poured from the Gold King Mine into the Animas River near Silverton, Colorado. On Wednesday, Colorado Senators Michael Bennet, a Democrat, and Cory Gardner, a Republican, teamed up to find out what happened from the Environmental Protection Agency.
An EPA-led crew triggered the spill on Aug. 5, tainting rivers in Colorado, New Mexico and Utah.
Bennet and Gardner were among other senators at th