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2018 Butte Environmental Health Study

  What is the Health Study? Under an EPA Superfund order Butte Silver Bow County (BSB) shares responsibility with Atlantic Richfield (AR) for developing work plans and conducting public health studies every five years over the next 30 years. The…

January 10, 2013
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CTEC Comments on Draft Phase I Health Study Work Plan for Butte

The following letter was submitted by CTEC as part of the public commenting process for the “Draft Public Health Study Remedial Design Work Plan for the Butte Priority Soils Operable Unit (BPSOU)” prepared by the Butte-Silver Bow Health Department with…

December 4, 2012
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CTEC Receives No Response to Request for Exposure Data

On October 15, 2012, CTEC sent the following letter to the Butte-Silver Bow Health Department and numerous EPA officials requesting public test data on arsenic and lead exposure in the Butte area, with the intention of using that data to…

November 30, 2012
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EPA Response to October 15, 2012 CTEC Letter on Blood Lead Action Level

The following is a letter from EPA Montana Office Superfund Branch Chief Joe Vranka, written in reply to a CTEC letter inquiring about the effect of Center for Disease Control (CDC) action levels regarding lead in children on Butte Superfund.…

November 22, 2012
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Health Department Releases Butte Health Study Work Plan for Public Comment Phase I

The Butte Silver Bow Health Department has released the draft of the Health Studies Work Plan required by the Unilateral Administrative Order under the EPA Superfund program. This document includes a plan for both Superfund and Non-Superfund proposals to the…

November 6, 2012
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New Public Health Section

After concerns were raised over the past year regarding the effectiveness of EPA’s environmental cleanup in Butte, and the possible effects on the health of the community, CTEC has added a new section to the website exclusively focused on Public…

September 20, 2012
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Butte Residential Metals Abatement Program (RMAP)

Do you live or own property in Uptown/Central Butte or the surrounding area? Then you are eligible to have your home tested for heavy metals. If you live in a home or apartment built before 2006 in Uptown/Central Butte, your…

September 19, 2012
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Public Health News

This page lists links to posts and news articles about public health in western Montana related to Superfund.    

September 19, 2012
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Public Health

Public health has always been a key issue in Butte and around Montana’s Clark Fork Basin. Historically, miners worked in very unhealthy conditions, ore smelters created serious smoke problems that impacted human health, and contaminated water has forced communities like…

September 6, 2012
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Butte Priority Soils

EPA’s latest bulletin, from July 11, 2013, provides an overview of past and ongoing remediation work in the Butte Priority Soils Operable Unit (BPSOU), which includes most of the Butte urban area. Download the bulletin below. In March 2013, EPA…

July 31, 2012
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