Atlantic Richfield

Butte’s Superfund cleanup entered a new phase Tuesday. Contractors for Atlantic Richfield officially started moving dirt to address historical mining contamination along Silver Bow Creek. It’s a small start, but one that officials say marks a new milestone in Butte’s cleanup.

Contractors for Atlantic Richfield (AR) will begin demolition work this week at a former smelter site in the heart of Butte. MTPR’s John Hooks reports on the next phase of the city’s Superfund cleanup.

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) this week urged rapid action to minimize potential arsenic exposure at a public park in Deer Lodge.

Superfund officials in Butte want to use the famous Berkeley Pit as a waste dump. The idea comes as the EPA has ordered an investigation into contaminated seepage at another waste dump.

Officials said cleanup on part of the Anaconda Smelter Superfund site is complete. Contamination at the site forced the relocation of a neighborhood in the 1980’s.

The EPA said it has reviewed allegations that agency officials in Butte improperly colluded with mining companies in attempts to discredit scientists studying health problems in the community.

A final cleanup deal for a century of toxic smelting waste in the community of Anaconda goes into effect this week. Residents spoke about what a post-cleanup future might look like.

An agreement to finalize the cleanup of a century of toxic smelting pollution in Anaconda goes into effect this week. The deal will finish remediation within the next four years, at a cost of over $100 million.

Federal environmental officials and the Atlantic Richfield Company (ARCO) this week will update the public on the cleanup progress of the Anaconda Smelter Superfund.

The window for citizens to weigh in on the recent clean-up agreement for the Anaconda Smelter is now open.