U.S. Sens. Cory Gardner and Michael Bennet, along with Gov. John Hickenlooper and U.S. Rep. Scott Tipton, will hold a town hall in Durango on Friday afternoon following their trip to the Gold King Mine with EPA chief Scott Pruitt.
The event will be from 2:15 to 3 p.m. at the La Plata County Administration Building.
“They, along with representatives from the EPA, will provide an update of their (Gold King) meeting and take questions from attendees,” the group said in a news release. Pruitt is not slated to join the town hall.
The bipartisan group of Colorado politicians is slated to tour the Gold King — just outside of Silverton — on Friday with Pruitt amid the two-year anniversary of the Գٲ.
The Aug. 5, 2015, release turned the Animas River a mustard-yellow color as sludge moved down the waterway — through Colorado, New Mexico, Utah and land — and eventually reached the Grand Canyon of the Colorado River.
The anniversary of the disaster is Saturday. The EPA has declined to acknowledge Pruitt’s visit to the mine or provide details on his trip.
Gardner , weeks after to lead the EPA was confirmed.
Gardner since March 2016, though he has (including one on Wednesday night) and met with Coloradans in smaller settings.