Reporters recap the Valley Screw site’s Superfund history: contamination led to an EPA national priorities listing in 1982, multiple remediation systems ran through 2014 when active groundwater treatment was stopped and monitoring wells remain; the abandoned Valley Screw building and land-use restrictions tied to cleanup constraints leave reuse questions unresolved.

State Department of Environmental Quality officials updated the Butte-Silver Bow Council on cleanup progress at the Montana Pole Superfund site, saying most contaminated soils have been isolated in a RCRA-compliant CAMU and that groundwater treatment may be needed long-term. Officials reported roughly $19 million in settlement funds held to operate

Local residents engage with EPA to ensure cleanup of historic Smurfit Stone Mill contamination.