Site Assessment and Community-Stakeholder Engagement
Conducting hazardous waste site assessments at National Priority List (NPL) and state-funded cleanup sites throughout the state is part of MEHEA’s strategy to address public health threats from environmental waste.
The MEHEA program prioritizes work at hazardous sites with our ATSDR Technical Project Officer, Montana Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and local agencies.
You can review current and past program activities below.
Current Program Activities
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- Billings PCE Fact Sheet (December 2022)
- For detailed site history, updates, and information visit Montana DEQ's page for this site.
- A health consultation is currently in progress. Check back for updates.
- For background information, clean up history, and current status visit EPA's superfund page for the Anaconda Aluminum Company Columbia Falls Reduction Plant.
(Image Source: Chris Boyer, Kestrel Aerial Services, courtesy of Montana Dept. of Justice Natural Resource Damage Program)
- For background information, clean-up history, and current status visit EPA's superfund page for Smurfit-Stone Mill Frenchtown.
Past Program Activities: NPL Superfund Sites
- Exposure to Lead and Arsenic in Surface Soil, Black Eagle Community - Health Consultation(09/15/2016)
- For detailed background information, clean-up history, and current status visit EPA's superfund page for Anaconda Copper Mining Smelter and Refinery.
- Blood Lead and Urine Arsenic Levels - Health Consultation - Exposure Investigation(10/17/19)
- Summary of Blood Lead and Urine Arsenic Levels Exposure Investigation
- Evaluation of Residential Soil Arsenic Action Level - Health Consultation (10/19/07)
- For detailed background information, clean-up history, and current status visit EPA's superfund page for Anaconda Co. Smelter.
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- Review of Preferred Cleanup Alternatives 2R and 3R - Health Consultation(05/20/08)
- For detailed background information, clean-up history, and current status visit EPA's superfund page for East Helena.
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- Review of 2009 and 2010 Soil Data - Health Consultation(04/02/14)
- Biological Monitoring for Exposure to Lead and Arsenic - Health Consultation - Exposure Investigation(03/31/11)
- Flat Creek IMM (a.k.a. Superior Waste Rock) - Public Health Assessment(01/06/10)
- For detailed background information, clean-up history, and current status visit EPA's superfund page for Flat Creek Iron Mountain Mine and Mill (a.k.a. Superior Waste Rock).
- Libby Asbestos NPL Site - Public Health Assessment(05/15/03)
- Mortality in Libby, Montana (1979 -1998) - Health Consultation(08/08/02)
- For detailed background information, clean-up history, and current status visit EPA's superfund page for the Libby Asbestos Site.
