Colorado town takes a breather a year after huge mine spill

DENVER — A year after a mine waste spill turned their river a weird yellow-orange, residents of a Colorado mountain town are taking a break from the aftermath for a party that includes a specially brewed beer the color of the spill.

They're also taking a few jabs at the federal Environmental Protection Agency, which accidentally caused the 3-million-gallon spill at the Gold King Mine on Aug. 5, 2015.

Silverton is staging "Super FunDays" this weekend, a play on the Superfund cleanup expected to get underway in the distant future.

It includes "Environmental Pork Agency" sandwiches and a locally brewed India pale ale — or IPA — called EPA IPA.

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