[CPEO-BIF] "Montana Streamlines Cleanup Process"

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Montana Streamlines Cleanup Process for State Superfund Sites


Environment News Service
May 6, 2009

HELENA - Two pieces of legislation have passed and been signed by 
Governor Brian Schweitzer that streamline the process of cleaning up 
contaminated sites on Montana's state superfund list. Both laws take 
effect in October.

State superfund sites are locations where contamination has been 
released from industry or mining activities. In Montana, the majority of 
these contaminated releases occurred at sites where mining, smelting, 
wood treating, railroad fueling and maintenance, petroleum refining, 
landfilling, and chemical manufacturing and storage activities were 
conducted, says the state Department of Environmental Quality.

Historical waste disposal activities at these sites caused contamination 
of air, surface water, groundwater, sediments, and soils with hazardous 
substances, the state says, warning of public health impacts such as 
contaminated drinking water and ecological impacts such as loss of 
fisheries.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/may2009/2009-05-06-093.asp

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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