Over a hundred people, including Tylor Smart, left, and Shea Toner turned out for a parade to celebrate the re-opening of the Animas River on Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2015 in Durango, Colo. The river was closed for eight days after it was contaminated by approximately three-million gallons of wastewater leaking from the Gold King Mine near Silverton, Colo. (Steve Lewis/The Durango Herald via AP) MANDATORY CREDIT

WASHINGTON | The Interior Department will lead a review of the Colorado mine spill that tainted rivers in three western states.

The review was announced late Tuesday after elected officials from both parties questioned whether the Environmental Protection Agency should be left to probe its own heavily criticized response to the disaster. EPA and contract workers accidentally unleashed 3 million gallons of contaminated wastewater on Aug. 5 as they inspected the idled Gold King mine.

The Interior Department’s report is expected to be released publicly in 60 days.

In addition, EPA’s inspector general is conducting a separate review of the incident. Leaders of oversight committees in both the House and Senate say they are planning hearings after Congress returns from its August recess.