superfund

The crux of the proposed consent decree entails compelling Atlantic Richfield to assume financial responsibility for accrued response costs and orchestrate a substantial and multi-million-dollar cleanup initiative targeting residential and non-residential yards.

We talked Butte, we talked Libby, and of course we talked Kalispell. The head of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) was in Montana and joined us on our statewide radio show- "Montana Talks with Aaron Flint."

The wide-ranging agreement includes at least $28.7 million in community development funding over the next 25 years.

The work includes the removal of mining waste and sediment, and the treatment of contaminated storm water and groundwater.

The 855-acre area was declared a state Superfund site in 1992.

Governor Steve Bullock sent a request to the EPA on Wednesday, February 18, asking for the Columbia Falls Aluminum Company to be designated as a National Priorities List Superfund site. "There may be several potential contaminants," said Montana Department of Environmental Quality spokeswoman Jeni Flatow...