The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced it will do additional cleanup of residential yards in East Helena that have been contaminated by lead.
The EPA’s new decision lowers the amount of lead in soil required to trigger a cleanup.
In a statement, the agency said a “better understanding” of the health effects of lead exposure motivated the update.
The agency has already replaced soil in hundreds of yards contaminated by a lead smelting plant that operated in the town for over a century.
Officials at the East Helena and Butte superfund sites said they are assessing new national guidance that could further lower residential cleanup requirements in both communities.
-
The first school to submit its results under Montana’s new lead monitoring program tested positive for lead.
-
Anaconda residents are coming to grips with an agreement recently released to the public that will revamp the Superfund cleanup in the area. The public…
-
KALISPELL, Mont. (AP) — Montana schools must test drinking water for lead content following state rule changes related to school health, officials…
-
Montana has joined two dozen states and the District of Columbia in requiring all schools to test drinking water for lead.
-
Federal investigators that study public health risks at Superfund sites had good news for Anacondans this week. At a meeting on Wednesday, they reported…
-
Federal public health investigators that study risks at Superfund sites are coming back to Anaconda this week to discuss the results of a study examining…