Final EPA Plan For Libby Superfund Site Backs Ongoing Cleanup Actions

February 9, 2016
EPA has finalized its cleanup plan for the communities of Libby and Troy, MT, near the former vermiculite mine that became a Superfund site due to toxic asbestos, concluding that no changes to the ongoing cleanup are needed. EPA released the plan Feb. 9, in agreement with the Montana Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ). And the agency in a Feb. 8 statement reiterates its previous findings that “cleanups to date have been protective and EPA does not need to return...


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