1-10-13

The Hill by Zack Coleman.  Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.), chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, has threatened subpoenaing the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for documents regarding a potential Alaska mine.  Issa, along with Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), said he wants to know more about the intentions behind a water impact test EPA is conducting near a discussed mine site in Bristol Bay, Alaska.  The lawmakers said in a Thursday letter that EPA’s actions have “bordered on the absurd” by since the committee's initial May 10 inquiry [...]