On Wednesday in Butte, officials with ARCO and Butte-Silver Bow updated the Council of Commissioners and the public on ongoing Superfund cleanup efforts.
You are invited to listen to the latest update and actions on soil clean up in the Butte area on Wednesday. The meeting will take place online via Teams.This
The EPA has reassigned two employees close to the Superfund cleanup in Butte. They include Nikia Greene, remedial project manager, and Dana Barnicoat, a community involvement coordinator.
The national EPA submitted draft guidance about lead levels in soils to federal entities that ponder consequences and costs of new regulations. The outcome could affect soils remediation in Butte.
The Atlantic Richfield Co. and Butte-Silver Bow County have asked the EPA to build flexibility into the repository siting process as consideration continues of the Berkeley Pit.
A contractor working for Atlantic Richfield will soon begin demolishing remnants of the Butte Reduction Works smelter complex as one step toward eventual Superfund remediation of the site in Butte.
The EPA will review repository proposals from Atlantic Richfield and Butte-Silver Bow to determine if a site chosen will be protective of human health and the environment.
Regional EPA Administrator KC Becker s recent op-ed continued the local debate about the potential use of onsite material, or "dirty dirt," as fill for Superfund cleanup sites.