Public meeting on CFAC scheduled
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<p>Don McMaster and Ken Averill in the Anaconda Aluminum Co.'s casting building with first outgoing ingots on Aug. 24, 1955. Photo by Mel Ruder</p>
The Montana Department of Environmental Quality and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), will host a public meeting on Thursday, Dec. 11, on the current status and next steps in addressing contamination at the Columbia Falls Aluminum Company smelter.
The public meeting will be held at the Little Theater at Columbia Falls High School from 6 to 8 p.m. The larger venue was needed to accommodate all stakeholders and interested parties across the Flathead.
Topics will include a summary of recent discussions with Glencore, the Swiss-based company that owns the plant, regarding DEQ’s administrative order on consent, an EPA update on additional sampling efforts and the next steps in the cleanup process.
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