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<blockquote data-quote="Sportello" data-source="post: 1786291" data-attributes="member: 55299"><p>[USER=12952]@Baba gounj[/USER], why should the mine owner not be held responsible?</p><p></p><p>It's good to see that you are a civil engineer, in addition to being a valuable UPS employee.</p><p></p><p>It's not as simple as you seem to think.</p><p><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/aug/10/colorado-spill-animas-river-durango-toxic-orange" target="_blank">http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/aug/10/colorado-spill-animas-river-durango-toxic-orange</a></p><p></p><p><em>With other potential impacts of this leak still unknown, some point to a potentially bigger problem highlighted by this event: the Silverton area lays claim to as many as 30 more abandoned mines that could experience a similar event. “There will be a next time because we haven’t figured out how to deal with these problems,” said Olson.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p> <em></em></p><p><em>Despite the prevalence of potentially toxic legacy mines in the region, some experts suggest that the town of Silverton and surrounding San Juan County have resisted Superfund status and are still actively seeking out additional mining opportunities. “EPA has talked on and off about making San Juan County a Superfund site since the 80s,” says Peter Butler, Animas Watershed co-coordinator of the Animas River Stakeholders Group.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p> <em></em></p><p><em>“In the 90s we did prioritized all the different sites and identified about 30 that we thought would need remediation,” Butler continues. “We also came up with water quality standards that were adopted by the state of Colorado. But Superfund status has been in limbo for years and the local community [in Silverton] is wary of this, but EPA has been pushing for it. Silverton is a community that would still like to have mining and they are concerned they won’t have any investors for future mining if they receive Superfund status.”</em></p><p><em></em></p><p> <em></em></p><p><em>At the same time, several of these mines have been leaking into the Animas River for a decade at the rate of as much as 600 to 800 gallons a minute, according to Butler. Because it is an ongoing problem punctuated by a major, river-altering event, some are now calling for a faster answer.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p> <em></em></p><p><em>“In terms of all the work done to date in mine waste remediation, it has been insufficient to protect our communities from the harm left behind from a legacy of mining,” says Olson. “What we really need now is to rethink our approach. At the end of the day, our communities aren’t protected, so obviously what we’ve done has been insufficient.”</em></p><p></p><p>Here is another informative article on the subject:</p><p><a href="http://www.popsci.com/secret-history-epas-animas-river-spill" target="_blank">http://www.popsci.com/secret-history-epas-animas-river-spill</a></p><p></p><p>From a local standpoint:</p><p><a href="https://www.hcn.org/articles/when-our-river-turned-orange-animas-river-spill" target="_blank">https://www.hcn.org/articles/when-our-river-turned-orange-animas-river-spill</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Sportello, post: 1786291, member: 55299"] [USER=12952]@Baba gounj[/USER], why should the mine owner not be held responsible? It's good to see that you are a civil engineer, in addition to being a valuable UPS employee. It's not as simple as you seem to think. [URL]http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/aug/10/colorado-spill-animas-river-durango-toxic-orange[/URL] [I]With other potential impacts of this leak still unknown, some point to a potentially bigger problem highlighted by this event: the Silverton area lays claim to as many as 30 more abandoned mines that could experience a similar event. “There will be a next time because we haven’t figured out how to deal with these problems,” said Olson. Despite the prevalence of potentially toxic legacy mines in the region, some experts suggest that the town of Silverton and surrounding San Juan County have resisted Superfund status and are still actively seeking out additional mining opportunities. “EPA has talked on and off about making San Juan County a Superfund site since the 80s,” says Peter Butler, Animas Watershed co-coordinator of the Animas River Stakeholders Group. “In the 90s we did prioritized all the different sites and identified about 30 that we thought would need remediation,” Butler continues. “We also came up with water quality standards that were adopted by the state of Colorado. But Superfund status has been in limbo for years and the local community [in Silverton] is wary of this, but EPA has been pushing for it. Silverton is a community that would still like to have mining and they are concerned they won’t have any investors for future mining if they receive Superfund status.” At the same time, several of these mines have been leaking into the Animas River for a decade at the rate of as much as 600 to 800 gallons a minute, according to Butler. Because it is an ongoing problem punctuated by a major, river-altering event, some are now calling for a faster answer. “In terms of all the work done to date in mine waste remediation, it has been insufficient to protect our communities from the harm left behind from a legacy of mining,” says Olson. “What we really need now is to rethink our approach. At the end of the day, our communities aren’t protected, so obviously what we’ve done has been insufficient.”[/I] Here is another informative article on the subject: [URL]http://www.popsci.com/secret-history-epas-animas-river-spill[/URL] From a local standpoint: [URL]https://www.hcn.org/articles/when-our-river-turned-orange-animas-river-spill[/URL][I][/I] [/QUOTE]
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