EPA chief to reconsider paying claims over mine waste spill
Friday, August 4, 2017 - 17:42
in Earth & Climate
SILVERTON, Colo. (AP) -- The Environmental Protection Agency will reconsider whether to pay farmers, business owners and others in three states for economic losses caused by a mine waste spill that government crews accidentally triggered in 2015, the agency's leader said Friday during a visit to the site....