This March 7, 2016, file photo, provided by the Montana Department of Environmental Quality shows pollution in Belt Creek near the town of Belt in central Montana. Work began in early October on a $26 million project to treat acid mine drainage from an old coal mine that is polluting the creek, sometimes causing it to turn a rusty color. (Tom Henderson/Montana Department of Environmental Quality via AP)
October 24, 2021
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October 24, 2021 2:24 p.m.
Work starts on plant to treat mine wastewater in Belt Creek
BELT, Mont. (AP) — The town of Belt was built on coal.