BREAKING: WATCHDOG DOCUMENTS PROVE EPA KNEW OF POTENTIAL FOR CATASTROPHIC “BLOWOUT” Of Toxic Waste At CO MineMore redacted government documents covering up another scandal in Obama s  most transparent  government ever .Internal documents released late Friday show managers at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency were aware of the potential for a catastrophic  blowout  at an abandoned mine that could release  large volumes  of wastewater laced with toxic heavy metals.EPA released the documents following weeks of prodding from The Associated Press and other media organizations. EPA and contract workers accidentally unleashed 3 million gallons of contaminated wastewater on Aug. 5 as they inspected the idled Gold King Mine near Silverton, Colorado.Among the documents is a June 2014 work order for a planned cleanup that noted that the old mine had not been accessible since 1995, when the entrance partially collapsed. The plan appears to have been produced by Environmental Restoration, a private contractor working for EPA. This condition has likely caused impounding of water behind the collapse,  the report says.  ln addition, other collapses within the workings may have occurred creating additional water impounding conditions. Conditions may exist that could result in a blowout of the blockages and cause a release of large volumes of contaminated mine waters and sediment from inside the mine, which contain concentrated heavy metals. A subsequent May 2015 action plan for the mine also notes the potential for a blowout.There are at least three ongoing investigations into exactly how EPA triggered the disaster, which tainted rivers in Colorado, New Mexico and Utah with lead, arsenic and other contaminates. EPA says its water testing has shown contamination levels have since fallen back to pre-spill levels, though experts warn the heavy metals have likely sunk and mixed with bottom sediments that could someday be stirred back up.The documents, which the agency released about 10:30 p.m. eastern time, do not include any account of what happened immediately before or after the spill. The wastewater flowed into a tributary of the Animas and San Juan rivers, turning them a sickly yellow.Elected officials in affected states and elsewhere have been highly critical of the EPA s initial response. Among the unanswered questions is why it took the agency nearly a day to inform local officials in downstream communities that rely on the rivers for drinking water.Much of the text in the documents released Friday was redacted by EPA officials. Among the items blacked out is the line in a 2013 safety plan for the Gold King job that specifies whether workers were required to have phones that could work at the remote site, which is more than 11,000 feet up a mountain.EPA did not immediately respond Friday night to questions from the AP. In the wake of the spill, it has typically taken days to get any detailed response from the agency, if at all.On its website, contractor Environmental Restoration posted a brief statement last week confirming its employees were present at the mine when the spill occurred. The company declined to provide more detail, saying that to do so would violate  contractual confidentiality obligations.  Via: AP Newsleft-news
breaking watchdog documents prove epa knew of potential for catastrophic blowout of toxic waste at co minemore redacted government documents covering another scandal obama transparent government ever documents released late friday show managers environmental protection agency aware potential catastrophic blowout abandoned mine could release large volumes wastewater laced toxic heavy released documents following weeks padding the associated press media organizations epa contract workers accidentally unleashed million gallons contaminated wastewater inspected idle gold king mine near silverton documents june work order planned cleanup noted old mine accessible since entrance partially collapsed the plan appears produced environmental restoration private contractor working epa this condition likely caused impending water behind collapse report says ln addition collapses within workings may occurred creating additional water impending conditions conditions may exist could result blowout blockage cause release large volumes contaminated mine waters sediment inside mine contain concentrated heavy metals a subsequent may action plan mine also notes potential least three ongoing investigations exactly epa triggered disaster tainted rivers colorado new mexico utah lead arsenic contaminated epa says water testing shown contamination levels since fallen back levels though experts warn heavy metals likely sunk mixed bottom sediments could someday stirred back documents agency released eastern time include account happened immediately spill the wastewater flowed tributary animals san juan rivers turning sickle officials affected states elsewhere highly critical epa initial response among unanswered questions took agency nearly day inform local officials downstream communities rely rivers drinking text documents released friday redacted epa officials among items blocked line safety plan gold king job specifies whether workers required phones could work remote site feet immediately respond friday night questions ap in wake spill typically taken days get detailed response agency website contractor environmental restoration posted brief statement last week confirming employees present mine spill occurred the company declined provide detail saying would violate contractual confidentiality obligations via ap
Your task is to classify the provided input as real or fake news. Label 0 is meant for fake news, Label 1 is for real news. TEXT: BREAKING: WATCHDOG DOCUMENTS PROVE EPA KNEW OF POTENTIAL FOR CATASTROPHIC “BLOWOUT” Of Toxic Waste At CO MineMore redacted government documents covering up another scandal in Obama s  most transparent  government ever .Internal documents released late Friday show managers at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency were aware of the potential for a catastrophic  blowout  at an abandoned mine that could release  large volumes  of wastewater laced with toxic heavy metals.EPA released the documents following weeks of prodding from The Associated Press and other media organizations. EPA and contract workers accidentally unleashed 3 million gallons of contaminated wastewater on Aug. 5 as they inspected the idled Gold King Mine near Silverton, Colorado.Among the documents is a June 2014 work order for a planned cleanup that noted that the old mine had not been accessible since 1995, when the entrance partially collapsed. The plan appears to have been produced by Environmental Restoration, a private contractor working for EPA. This condition has likely caused impounding of water behind the collapse,  the report says.  ln addition, other collapses within the workings may have occurred creating additional water impounding conditions. Conditions may exist that could result in a blowout of the blockages and cause a release of large volumes of contaminated mine waters and sediment from inside the mine, which contain concentrated heavy metals. A subsequent May 2015 action plan for the mine also notes the potential for a blowout.There are at least three ongoing investigations into exactly how EPA triggered the disaster, which tainted rivers in Colorado, New Mexico and Utah with lead, arsenic and other contaminates. EPA says its water testing has shown contamination levels have since fallen back to pre-spill levels, though experts warn the heavy metals have likely sunk and mixed with bottom sediments that could someday be stirred back up.The documents, which the agency released about 10:30 p.m. eastern time, do not include any account of what happened immediately before or after the spill. The wastewater flowed into a tributary of the Animas and San Juan rivers, turning them a sickly yellow.Elected officials in affected states and elsewhere have been highly critical of the EPA s initial response. Among the unanswered questions is why it took the agency nearly a day to inform local officials in downstream communities that rely on the rivers for drinking water.Much of the text in the documents released Friday was redacted by EPA officials. Among the items blacked out is the line in a 2013 safety plan for the Gold King job that specifies whether workers were required to have phones that could work at the remote site, which is more than 11,000 feet up a mountain.EPA did not immediately respond Friday night to questions from the AP. In the wake of the spill, it has typically taken days to get any detailed response from the agency, if at all.On its website, contractor Environmental Restoration posted a brief statement last week confirming its employees were present at the mine when the spill occurred. The company declined to provide more detail, saying that to do so would violate  contractual confidentiality obligations.  Via: AP Newsleft-news
Your task is to classify the provided input as real or fake news. Label 0 is meant for fake news, Label 1 is for real news. TEXT: breaking watchdog documents prove epa knew of potential for catastrophic blowout of toxic waste at co minemore redacted government documents covering another scandal obama transparent government ever documents released late friday show managers environmental protection agency aware potential catastrophic blowout abandoned mine could release large volumes wastewater laced toxic heavy released documents following weeks padding the associated press media organizations epa contract workers accidentally unleashed million gallons contaminated wastewater inspected idle gold king mine near silverton documents june work order planned cleanup noted old mine accessible since entrance partially collapsed the plan appears produced environmental restoration private contractor working epa this condition likely caused impending water behind collapse report says ln addition collapses within workings may occurred creating additional water impending conditions conditions may exist could result blowout blockage cause release large volumes contaminated mine waters sediment inside mine contain concentrated heavy metals a subsequent may action plan mine also notes potential least three ongoing investigations exactly epa triggered disaster tainted rivers colorado new mexico utah lead arsenic contaminated epa says water testing shown contamination levels since fallen back levels though experts warn heavy metals likely sunk mixed bottom sediments could someday stirred back documents agency released eastern time include account happened immediately spill the wastewater flowed tributary animals san juan rivers turning sickle officials affected states elsewhere highly critical epa initial response among unanswered questions took agency nearly day inform local officials downstream communities rely rivers drinking text documents released friday redacted epa officials among items blocked line safety plan gold king job specifies whether workers required phones could work remote site feet immediately respond friday night questions ap in wake spill typically taken days get detailed response agency website contractor environmental restoration posted brief statement last week confirming employees present mine spill occurred the company declined provide detail saying would violate contractual confidentiality obligations via ap