Montana walks out of consent-decree negotiations, cites ARCO refusal to allow waste dump
The state of Montana has withdrawn from negotiations on the Butte Hill Superfund cleanup because BP/ARCO has so far refused to permit the state to dump the Parrot smelter tailings near the Berkeley Pit.
Gov. Steve Bullock told The Montana Standard in an interview Monday morning that the state was not participating in a negotiating session scheduled Monday in Missoula.
“I am more committed than ever that we’re going to remove those tailings,” Bullock said. “We have an excellent engineering plan and all we need is access to the Berkeley Pit to get it done once and for all.”
Butte-Silver Bow, too, declined to participate in Monday’s Superfund consent-decree negotiations.
Read more: http://mtstandard.com/news/local/state-walks-out-of-consent-decree-negotiations-cites-arco-refusal/article_732708f4-316c-5866-aecd-8ebd17eab631.html
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