Anaconda Copper Mining brass scout out locations for a new aluminum plant on Jan. 31, 1952. Here they are on the old John Schandler orchard at the base of Teakettle Mountain. From left is Henry Larkin, one of the landowners, H.G. Satterthwaite, assistant general superintendent of ACM, Joe Opalka, V.E. Christensen of International Smelting Co., W.C. Rae of ACM and Dwight Lohn, Bank of Columbia Falls vice president. (Mel Ruder photo)
July 5, 2023
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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.