GOPDD: EPA Maneuver – Illegal To Pay Back States $1.2 Billion For Animas Spill

Jan 15, 2017 by Rick Wells

It’s another example of there being one set of rules for the peasants and another, more flexible and subjective set for the ruling class.
On Friday, the EPA gave itself a “Get Off Scot-Free” card, declaring that they are not required under federal law to pay anything more in the way of damages for the massive August 5, 2015 toxic chemical spill into the Animas River. The spill, which was triggered when EPA workers breached a collecting pool at the Gold King Mine in Silverton, Colorado, is the type of event that would unleash the full wrath of one of the most venomous agencies in the Federal government on a private American citizen or corporation. But given that they have the power to not prosecute themselves, they’ve found a legal maneuver to arrange exactly that.

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