ATTORNEY GENERAL HECTOR BALDERAS SAYS HE’S DISSATISFIED WITH THE RESPONSE FROM THE EPA AND THE STATE OF COLORADO TO LAST YEAR’S GOLD KING MINE SPILL. SPOKESMAN JAMES HALLINAN TELLS 770 KKOB THE A-G HAS SENT A LETTER TO BOTH ENTITIES, EXPRESSING HIS DISPLEASURE. HE SAYS IT WAS A CRITICAL EVENT THAT IMPACTED THE FOUR CORNERS, ONE OF THE STATE’S ECONOMIC DRIVERS.
THREE-MILLION GALLONS OF WASTEWATER WERE RELEASED DURING THE MINE BLOW-OUT LAST AUGUST…POLLUTING THE ANIMAS AND SAN JUAN RIVERS IN NORTHWESTERN NEW MEXICO.
