While the area falls within the Libby Asbestos Superfund Site, Kootenai National Forest Fire Manager Officer Dan Rose said only one of the three fires was in Operable Unit 3, which contains the former W.R. Grace vermiculite mine.
An August public meeting at the East Meadow Public Library has been scheduled by the EPA on its proposed groundwater cleanup at the New Cassel/Hicksville Superfund site.