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Cost to remove CFAC waste could be more than $1 billion, EPA estimates

by CHRIS PETERSON
Hungry Horse News | March 28, 2024 12:00 AM

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.

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