EPA Inks Clean-up Agreement with Montana Aluminum Plant
Glencore will fund work to cap contaminated waste and address arsenic, fluoride and cyanide as the cleanup plan moves to public review.
- On Tuesday, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced an agreement with Columbia Falls Aluminum Company requiring the owner to pay $57.6 million toward cleaning up the 1,340-acre industrial site near the Flathead River.
- The agreement comes 15 years after the plant closed and eight years after the site was added to the National Priorities List, marking a major milestone for the Flathead Valley's former largest employer.
- While a local group pushed for total toxin removal, the EPA decided on a "waste in place" strategy, determining that hauling materials to a landfill would incur excessive cost and risk.
- The 647-page agreement now enters a 30-day public comment period, followed by review in the U.S. District Court in Missoula before official adoption.
- Developers plan a 421-unit residential project at Teakettle Heights nearby, while Coalition for a Clean CFAC President Tony Haag said his group will monitor remediation to ensure the work is done well.
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EPA inks clean-up agreement with Montana aluminum plant
The owner of a sprawling, long-shuttered aluminum plant in Columbia Falls has agreed to pay $57.6 million to mitigate pollution associated with decades of aluminum smelting.
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Fairfield Sun TimesEPA inks clean-up agreement with Columbia Falls aluminum plant: CFAC owner Glencore to pay nearly $58 million to clean up toxins from decades smelting
The owner of a sprawling, long-shuttered aluminum plant in Columbia Falls has agreed to pay $57.6 million to mitigate pollution associated with decades of aluminum smelting.
EPA inks clean-up agreement with Columbia Falls aluminum plant
The agreement between the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Columbia Falls Aluminum Corporation comes about a decade after the 1,300-acre industrial heart of the aluminium smelting site joined the Superfund list. The post EPA inks clean-up agreement with Columbia Falls aluminum plant appeared first on Montana Free Press.
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