An aerial view of the Columbia Falls Aluminum Company site. (Hungry Horse News FILE)
December 29, 2023
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More time needed to consider CFAC cleanup plan
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EQC to send letters urging pause in Columbia Falls Superfund site cleanup decision
Montana’s Environmental Quality Council voted unanimously Wednesday to send letters to Congress and the Environmental Protection Agency recommending support for rare-earth mining in the Berkeley Pit and for a pause in a final decision on the proposed cleanup plan for the Columbia Falls Aluminum Company Superfund site.
Columbia Falls developer Mick Ruis to buy CFAC site
The Columbia Falls Aluminum Co. has agreed to sell 2,400 acres of land it owns to Columbia Falls developer Mick Ruis.
Cost to remove CFAC waste could be more than $1 billion, EPA estimates
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.
Columbia Falls group wants EPA to reconsider Superfund cleanup plan
A local group is asking the Environmental Protection Agency to reconsider an off-site waste removal plan for the Columbia Falls Aluminum Company Superfund site after the federal agency proposed an on-site containment of toxins instead.
Plenty of concerns about CFAC cleanup plan raised by public, ARCO
The Environmental Protection Agency has released a slew of comments to the Proposed Action for cleanup of the Columbia Falls Superfund site that totals 715 pages.