Federal environmental regulators say an investigation will begin this month to gauge the extent of contamination at a former pulp mill along the Clark Fork River in Frenchtown.
Governor Steve Bullock sent a request to the EPA on Wednesday, February 18, asking for the Columbia Falls Aluminum Company to be designated as a National Priorities List Superfund site.
"There may be several potential contaminants," said Montana Department of Environmental Quality spokeswoman Jeni Flatow...
The Missoula County Board of Commissioners has released a letter to the State Department of Environmental Quality and the EPA regarding a proposed Superfund designation for the Frenchtown Technology and Industrial Center.
Not long after a public meeting to discuss the EPA's proposal that the former Frenchtown Mill site be placed on the Superfund list, Montana Governor Brian Schweitzer announced his support for the designation.