[CPEO-BIF] "Who is on the hook for future cleanup costs?" in Libby Montana

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Big question: Who is on the hook for future cleanup costs?

by Bob Henline
Western News
December 12, 2014

This week’s release of the toxicity values and human health risk  
assessment for Libby Amphibole asbestos answered a number of  
questions plaguing this community. It also raised additional questions.

First and foremost: Who is going to be stuck holding the bag for the  
remaining cleanup and long-term maintenance?

The $250 million settlement between W.R. Grace & Co. and the  
Environmental Protection Agency is nearly exhausted. EPA project  
manager Rebecca Thomas told the Lincoln County commissioners on  
Wednesday that there was enough money remaining in the fund to  
complete the operations scheduled for 2015 and possibly 2016, but no  
more.

According to Thomas, once those funds run out the financial  
responsibility will fall to the EPA’s Superfund program. Under  
Superfund regulations, the state assumes responsibility for 10  
percent of the cleanup costs.


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For the entire article, see
http://www.thewesternnews.com/members/big-question-who-is-on-the-hook- 
for-future-cleanup/article_c523e376-8240-11e4-8c9d-7b6a16dfb385.html

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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