(AP) — A Montana county reached an agreement with a former oil producer to make public health and safety improvements as part of a Superfund cleanup. Anaconda-Deer Lodge County Chief Executive Bill Everett announced Tuesday that it reached a financial settlement with Atlantic Richfield Company, The Montana Standard reported. The wide-ranging agreement includes at least $28.7 million in community development funding over the next 25 years, including about $9 million to be paid within the first year. Butte was declared a federal Superfund site in 1983 because of the damage done by more than a century of mining and smelting. {{featured_button_text}}The agreement's public health provisions include an expanded attic dust removal program and an expansion of a yard soil replacement program.

Source: Daily Sun February 26, 2020 05:03 UTC