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Columbia Falls residents are questioning a plan to clean up a former aluminum smelter. Residents say they want contaminants removed, not buried.

State environmental officials have a new cleanup plan for a 43-mile stretch of the Clark Fork River contaminated by mining waste.

Montana environmental officials announced on Friday they have completed clean-up on state-owned lands within the 300-square-mile Anaconda Smelter Superfund Site. Train traffic has resumed along the Clark Fork River near Paradise following a derailment last weekend.

State environmental officials have released a new strategic plan that will guide cleanup efforts on the Clark Fork River for the next 15 years.