The old warehouse is one of the few buildings that remain at the CFAC site.
July 29, 2020
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EPA brass speaks to CFAC cleanup decision
The regional administrator for the Environmental Protection Agency earlier this month said she was encouraged by Flathead County and the City of Columbia Falls urging the EPA to move forward on a Record of Decision for the Columbia Falls Aluminum Co. plant cleanup.
EPA says proposed action on CFAC cleanup delayed, again
The Environmental Protection Agency announced last week that the Columbia Falls Aluminum Co. proposed plan will be delayed until spring of 2023.
City objects to CFAC’s cleanup plan
The Columbia Falls City Council Monday night voted to send a sharply worded letter to the Environmental Protection Agency and several other elected officials saying it doesn’t just want the Columbia Falls Aluminum Co. site waste contained, it wants to the waste removed entirely.
Former councilman urges city to reject CFAC ‘cleanup’ plan
A former Columbia Falls city councilman urged city leaders Monday night to write a letter opposing the Columbia Falls Aluminum Co.’s cleanup plan for the Superfund site north of town.
CFAC draft cleanup plan looks to largely contain, not remove, contaminants
The Columbia Falls Aluminum Co. and the Environmental Protection Agency Thursday released a draft plan that largely leaves the pollutants at the former Columbia Falls Aluminum Co. Superfund site, but looks to shore up the landfills where they’re buried instead.
CFAC virtual meeting Thursday
Folks interested in the continued work at the Columbia Falls Aluminum Co. Superfund site can get a project update and hear about the draft feasibility study at an online meeting this week.
CFAC looks to clean up settling ponds
The Columbia Falls Aluminum Co. announced last week it would start remediation work to clean up old settling ponds near the Flathead River this fall.