EPA Withheld Key Info On Post-Spill Funding To Gold King Mine Culprit

Daily Caller ^ | August 25, 2016 | Ethan Barton

[bobsunshine]

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) officials improperly withheld information from The Daily Caller News Foundation confirming its reporting that the contractor responsible for the August 2015 Gold King Mine spill was awarded nearly $2.7 million not long after the disaster.

The EPA internally acknowledged the award and crafted a response to TheDCNF’s finding, according to emails obtained under the Freedom of Information Act, but the response was never sent to the news organization. (RELATED: Feds Obstruct Media Probe By Blocking Interviews With Key Officials)

“It just slipped through the cracks,” EPA spokeswoman Melissa Harrison told TheDCNF 32 minutes after deadline. “It was a mistake on our behalf.”

The EPA response uncovered by TheDCNF defended the funding by claiming that the contractor was used for disaster assessments, rather than cleanup.

[Red Badger]

...the contractor responsible for the August 2015 Gold King Mine spill was awarded nearly $2.7 million not long after the disaster.

Was that contractor a donor to the Clinton Foundation?....................

[mountainlion]

It seems they got a $400M contract for another project in another state.

[Eric in the Ozarks]

Wouldn’t be surprised.

[george76]

UN Agenda 21 ( Let me know if you wish to be added or removed from the list.)

[sport]

Hopefully Donald, if he survives the election will make us a sovereign Nation once again. We, the People might have to help him by expending some blood, sweat, and energy. But if I am still living I will do my part.

[MileHi]

“It just slipped through the cracks,” EPA spokeswoman Melissa Harrison told TheDCNF 32 minutes after deadline. “It was a mistake on our behalf.”

That's the same excuse for the spill itself. Isn't that weird? /s

[Vehmgericht]

“It just slipped through the cracks,” EPA spokeswoman Melissa Harrison. They have a serious problem with things slipping through the cracks. Have they gotten a handle on their employees pooping in the hallways? http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/25/epa-pooping-hallways_n_5530650.html

[sasquatch]

Similar results; different case.

http://www.sltrib.com/news/4267539-155/dam-project-fills-american-fork-creek

[BatGuano]

It is time that the EPA be investigated. The ineptness of the agency is obvious and the cost of their mistakes is too expensive to be brushed off with a “it just slipped through the cracks” comment. Harrison should be the first to be fired. The EPA should then be disbanded.

[george76]

No EPA fool was fired, bonus all around , so the toxic waste dump was planned... to increase the EPA’s power and new money thru a future new Superfund designation.

[MileHi]

Sheesh

[MileHi]

It’s out of control

[MortMan]

"It was a mistake on our behalf."

"...on our PART" is the right way to say this. What the spokesliar said is that they made the mistake to benefit themselves, IMO.

[MileHi]

What the spokesliar said is that they made the mistake to benefit themselves, IMO.

Good point. So she said what she meant then.

[hal ogen]

Someone fire or arrest these epa criminals.

[bgill]

Lemme guess, it wasn’t intentional.

[CedarDave]

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