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On 5 August 2015, a wastewater leak out of an old mining site near Silverton, Colorado, affected the Animas River. According to the New York Times, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) was investigating reports of a leak at the mine when a plug blew and flooded a nearby tributary: Reaction on social media featured images of the Animas River in the days after the incident: On 6 August, Dave Ostrander, the EPA's regional director of emergency preparedness assessment and response, said: The Animas River remained closed at the time to human access pending further tests.
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