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Attorneys representing the owners of the El Reno Bitcoin mine responsible for leaking nearly four million gallons of the city’s water declined to answer News 4’s questions Wednesday following a city hearing on the property’s long list of violations
The property belongs to Athlon BT LLC, which News 4 previously reported ignored a city stop-work order issued three years ago and continued building and operating anyway.
At Wednesday’s hearing, attorneys for Athlon sat down with El Reno city legal staff and discussed the violations the company had already been notified of, along with where things stand in getting them corrected — including making sure a trailer on the property does not have power illegally running to it.
The discussion ended with Athlon’s attorneys promising to keep working on the violations. They are scheduled to return in 30 days for another check-in.
News 4 has spent weeks trying to reach Athlon. The company has not returned calls, and people at the mining site told News 4 to contact the company’s attorneys.
When News 4 found those attorneys at Wednesday’s hearing, they had little to say.
“Is there anything they want to tell this town whose water—I mean, 3.8 million gallons of water,” News 4 asked as the attorneys walked to the parking lot. “Is there anything they want to say?”
The attorney did not respond.
“Nothing you want to say?” News 4 asked. “No answers?”
“No comment,” the attorney said.
“I mean, for three years they had that stop work order,” News 4 said. “Why did they continue working? I mean, why did they continue operating when they had a stop work order in place?”
“At this time we’ve been cooperating with the state,” the other attorney said.
When asked whether Athlon would follow the city’s recommendations, the attorney slammed his car door without answering.
El Reno resident Sarah Pedro witnessed the exchange.
“It’s very frustrating for me, my community, you know, we have children, the future of our children,” Pedro said. “You know, our schools paid the price. You know, they missed class days and then also the community buildings, you know, everything around us, not to mention what it’s going to do to the animals that are, you know, like a water, our wildlife, our land, you know, it’s just frustrating.”
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