EPA Moves to End Asbestos Cleanup Along Montana Railroad March 25, 2022 By Matthew Brown Environmental regulators are moving to end a years-long cleanup along dozens of miles of railroad in two northwestern Montana communities...
Care for Montana Towns Polluted with Asbestos Transferred to State July 6, 2020 By Matthew Brown State regulators are taking over maintenance of a decades-long environmental cleanup in two northwestern Montana towns where lung-damaging asbestos contamination...
Agency Says Asbestos Cleanup Complete in Montana Superfund Site May 29, 2020 The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced the completion of all required cleanup activities within a unit of a Montana Superfund...
EPA, Forest Service Seek Permanent Firefighters Near Montana Asbestos Site July 18, 2016 The Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Forest Service want to station 10 firefighters near Libby this summer so crews...
Cleanup Plan Finally Approved For Contaminated Montana Town February 12, 2016 By Matthew Brown The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency granted final approval this week to a costly cleanup program for a Montana community where...
Some Asbestos Left Behind in Montana Town Amid Move to End Cleanup November 23, 2015 By Matthew Brown Federal officials say their final analysis of a Montana community wracked by deadly asbestos contamination shows a costly and much-criticized...
Montana Governor Pushes EPA to Wrap Up Libby Asbestos Study November 12, 2014 Montana Gov. Steve Bullock is pressing federal regulators to wrap up a long-delayed study of asbestos dangers in a northwestern...
Montana Asbestos Victims Object To Attorneys’ Fees March 20, 2013 By Matthew Brown Some victims of asbestos exposure in northwestern Montana have asked a state judge to deny $4 million in fees and...
Attorneys In Montana Asbestos Settlement Seek $4M In Fees February 25, 2013 Attorneys for asbestos victims in a Montana mining town are seeking more than $4 million in fees and expenses out...
Scientists Back EPA on Montana Asbestos Risks February 11, 2013 By Matthew Brown Federal officials anticipate finishing by late 2014 a risk study to guide the cleanup of an asbestos-contaminated Montana mining town,...