ASSOCIATED PRESS
MISSOULA – The
Environmental Protection Agency has released the first of two plans intended to
transfer oversight of Superfund units to Montana.
Montana Public
Radio reported the Institutional Control Implementation and Assurance Plan
outlines how the state should mitigate the spread of remaining contamination in
Libby and Troy, which account for two of eight units in the Libby Asbestos
Superfund Site.
The EPA has
removed asbestos and vermiculite from more than 2,600 private and industrial
properties in the area since 1999.
The plan
aimed at preventing further contamination spread precedes the EPA giving site
control to the Montana Department of Environmental Quality.