The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency confirmed cleanup activities are complete at another portion of the Libby, Mont., Superfund site.
Another section of the Libby Asbestos Superfund site in Montana has been declared protective of human health and the environment and is being largely removed from the EPA's National Priorities List. according to an Aug. 17 news release. Operable Unit 6 of the site, according to the EPA and the Montana Department of Environmental Quality, doesn't require any more cleanup efforts, so it can be taken off the list.
"This is the fourth time in four years we have removed a section of the site from the National Priorities List, since no additional EPA cleanup is needed," EPA Regional Administrator K.C. Becker said in the release. "This milestone marks half of the Operable Units being deleted from the National Priorities List and demonstrates the progress EPA and our partners have made in the cleanup and restoration of properties in Libby."
The site was added to the NPL in 2002 for concerns of asbestos in the communities of Libby and Troy, the release reported.
“The deletion of OU6 from the National Priorities List is another accomplishment for the Libby Asbestos Superfund site and for Lincoln County," Department of Environmental Quality Federal Superfund and Construction Bureau Chief Matt Dorrington said in the release. "It’s always a celebratory day when DEQ and the EPA can announce that a portion of a Superfund site is cleaned up and protective of human health.”
