This is interesting. Last week, a small EPA-supervised work crew inspecting the Gold King mine in Colorado “accidentally” knocked a hole in a waste pit, releasing at least three million gallons of acidic water containing toxic heavy metals.

Gateway Pundit shares a letter to the editor written a week earlier, and published in a local town newspaper, written by a retired geologist, who predicted a week earlier that the EPA would create the crisis in order to secure Superfund status for a cleanup.

From the GWP article drawing attention:

[…] The EPA pushed for nearly 25 years, to apply its Superfund program to the Gold King mine. If a leak occurred the EPA would then receive superfund status. That is exactly what happened. The EPA today admitted they misjudged the pressure in the gold mine before the spill – just as this editorial predicted. The letter was included in their print edition on July 30, 2015. The spill occurred one week later.

(ABC NEWS) In Washington, EPA administrator Gina McCarthy took full responsibility, saying “I am absolutely, deeply sorry that this ever happened.” She planned to tour Farmington and Durango, two of the cities most affected by the orange sludge. (read more)