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Mine Owner Calls EPA Official’s Testimony ‘Absolute Baloney of the Worst Kind’

Mine Owner Calls EPA Official’s Testimony ‘Absolute Baloney of the Worst Kind’ by Michael Patrick Leahy Gold King Mine owner Todd Hennis is calling the testimony of EPA Assistant Administrator Mathy Stanislaus at Wednesday’s House Science Committee hearing “absolute baloney of the worst kind.” In his testimony, EPA’s Stanislaus told the committee “[t]his [blowout] was a result of cave-ins and water build up. That’s why we were there at the time.” But Hennis is pinning the blame on the EPA for the August 5 blowout of 3 million gallons of toxic waste from the Gold King Mine he owns near… View Article