Butte still considering Superfund repository sites
On Wednesday in Butte, officials with ARCO and Butte-Silver Bow updated the Council of Commissioners and the public on ongoing Superfund cleanup efforts.
Source: nbcmontana.com
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On Wednesday in Butte, officials with ARCO and Butte-Silver Bow updated the Council of Commissioners and the public on ongoing Superfund cleanup efforts.
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.
Atlantic Richfield is considering options for transporting and sequestering contaminated mining and smelting wastes. One option for a repository could be the polluted Berkeley Pit.