An aerial view of the CFAC site.
July 5, 2023
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CSKT asks EPA to stay CFAC record of decision
The Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes recently sent a letter to the Environmental Protection Agency asking for more time to examine the cleanup of the Columbia Falls Aluminum Co. site.
Coalition unhappy with county, city calls to release CFAC plan
The Coalition for a Clean CFAC expressed disappointment in a recent Flathead County Commissioner letter urging the Environmental Protection Agency to move forward with a Record of Decision on a cleanup plan for the defunct aluminum plant.
Cost to remove CFAC waste could be more than $1 billion, EPA estimates
Responding to calls to remove toxic waste from the former Columbia Falls Aluminum Co. plant, the Environmental Protection Agency said it estimates it would cost anywhere from $624 million to $1.4 billion to haul the waste away from the Superfund site.
Coalition for a Clean CFAC plans petition drive, but will EPA respond?
A coalition of Flathead County groups is asking the Environmental Protection Agency to pause a Record of Decision on the cleanup plan for the Columbia Falls Aluminum Co. plant.
Plenty of concerns about CFAC cleanup plan, from public, ARCO
The Environmental Protection Agency has released a slew of comments to the Proposed Action for cleanup of the Columbia Falls Superfund site that totals 715 pages.
Residents don’t express much confidence in CFAC cleanup plan
Members of the public didn’t express much hope for what they see as a suitable cleanup for the Columbia Falls Aluminum Co. site last week.
At CFAC hearing, former engineer says report on cleanup disappeared
While the state and the company have endorsed a proposed cleanup plan for the Columbia Falls Aluminum Co. Superfund site, the public didn’t think much of it at a public hearing last week with the Environmental Protection Agency, and a former engineer says a report that was crafted after he gave company and EPA officials a tour has gone missing.