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Deer Lodge Superfund Cleanup Public Meeting
The Clark Fork River Technical Assistance Committee (CFRTAC) hosted a public meeting, Tuesday, October 4 from 7pm
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Clark Fork River Landowners attend Superfund Cleanup Meeting
CFRTAC hosted an informational meeting for landowners on the Clark Fork River regarding the river cleanup April 21, thirty-three people met at the Racetrack Community Center...
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Milltown Sediments Fail to Grow Plants at the BP-ARCO Repository
Contaminated sediments from the Milltown Reservoir Superfund site have yet to grow the much hoped for vegetation at the BP-ARCO Waste Repository at the Anaconda Smelter Superfund ...
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Upper Clark Fork River Cleanup Work Begins
With little fanfare but long anticipation, cleanup work at the Clark Fork River Superfund site began in October with the excavation of contaminated soil from residential areas ...
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Milltown State Park and Trail Projects Continue Progress
The proposed state park at the soon-to-be former Milltown Superfund site made considerable headway in 2010 with the receipt of a $2.6 million grant from the Natural Resource...
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A new planning document and two recent state reports on fisheries and upland wildlife habitat priorities may form the foundation of a long awaited Natural Resources Damage Program restoration plan for the Upper Clark Fork River basin.
CFRTAC is soliciting Statements of Qualifications to develop a consultant roster of firms and individuals qualified to perform technical review services on an "as-needed" basis regarding remediation and restoration design and implementation at the Clark Fork River Superfund site.
Milltown remediation saw dam and sediment removal. The end goal for the state's restoration plan is a "naturally functioning channel and floodplain."But just what does that really mean?
The Dam News 2010 features a question and answer section on the who, what, where, when, why and how of the state's river restoration planat the Milltown Superfund site.
In 1908 a massive flood washed millions of cubic yards of toxic mine wastes into the Clark Fork River system. Generations later, in 1983, the Milltown Reservoir was listed by the Environmental Protection Agency as a Superfund site after the discovery that several million cubic yards of heavy metal contaminated sediments had piled up behind the dam, polluting the groundwater beneath with high concentrations of arsenic.
The project now underway at the Milltown Reservoir is one of the nation's most challenging and ambitious environmental cleanups. It is an effort that integrates what's known as the Three Rs, remediation, restoration and redevelopment.
As of June 2009, more than 1.9 million cubic yards had been shipped from the Milltown site to the BP ARCO waste repository at the Anaconda Superfund site. More than two million cubic yards will shipped in total. At the repository, roughly 80,000 cubic yards of reservoir sediments are scooped daily from one train with 45 rail cars. The daily process of unloading, spreading, and seeding sediments will continue through late 2009. All in all, the material from Milltown will cover less than a quarter of the waste repository, or about 800 out of 4,000 total acres.
CFRTAC has a monthly commentary on Clark Fork River Superfund issues on Montana Public Radio, every fourth Thursday. The next commentary will air on December 22, January 19, and then again on February 16. In the meantime, listen to or read recent commentaries here.
