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Atlantic Richfield/BP said Thursday night that initial analysis suggests the Berkeley Pit could be an appropriate Superfund repository for the bulk of contaminated wastes from the Silver Bow Creek Corridor.
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.
Forest Service officials said they have reduced the Bedrock Fire's closure area following successful repair and recovery work on the Willamette National Forest.
Columnist George Ochenski says if we're still trying to figure out what to do with the toxic waste of mining, put it back where it came from -- in the Berkeley Pit.
As Butte faces yet more trauma from its 40-plus-year Superfund struggle to remediate the environmental damages from historic mining and smelting, an old idea has resurfaced. Namely, instead of digging