Cost to remove CFAC waste could be more than $1 billion, EPA estimates
An aerial view of the Columbia Falls Aluminum Company site. (Hungry Horse News FILE)
Responding to calls to remove toxic waste from the former Columbia Falls Aluminum Co. plant, the Environmental Protection Agency said it estimates it would cost anywhere from $624 million to $1.4 billion to haul the waste away from the Superfund site.
The figures are based on trucking the estimated 1.2 million cubic yards of waste from the site to an approved landfill in Arlington, Oregon.
The EPA outlined the costs and other concerns in a March 7 letter to the Coalition for a Clean CFAC, a local group advocating for removal of waste from the site.
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