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Libby Updates
June 11, 2008
EPA and Department of Health and Human Services Launch $8 Million Effort to
Study Libby, Montana Asbestos Exposure
The 5-year initiative, to be funded by HHS’ Agency for Toxic Substances
and Disease Registry and EPA, will focus on determining whether exposure to
lower levels of Libby asbestos is associated with increased risk of lung disease,
cancer, chronic illnesses, auto-immune diseases or other adverse health outcomes.
It is currently known that long-term exposure to high levels of asbestos is
associated with lung cancer, serious lung disease and upper respiratory health
conditions.
Note: many of the documents on this page are Adobe PDF documents (About PDF files)
March 11, 2008
EPA Awarded Largest Cash Settlement in Superfund History
W.R. Grace to pay government $250,000,000
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Read
the press release
Libby Settlement Agreement
Questions and Answers on the Grace Civil Suit Settlement
Notice of Lodging
This page contains the most recent information and outreach material related to Libby. Every month, EPA publishes a Community Advisory Group Meeting summary.
On this page
- Community Advisory Group Meeting Summaries
- Ask EPA - Questions and Answers
- Superfund and You Columns
- Fact Sheets
- Technical Documents
- Libby Information Archives
Community Advisory Group Meeting Summaries
Take the Community Advisory Group (CAG) Survey- January 10, 2008
- November 8, 2007
- October 11, 2007
- September 13, 2007
- August 9, 2007
- July 12, 2007
- June 14, 2007
- May 10, 2007
- April 12, 2007
- March 8, 2007
- February 8, 2007
- January 11, 2007
- December 14, 2006
- November 9, 2006
- October 12, 2006
- September 14, 2006
- August 17, 2006
- June 15, 2006
- Appendix 3 of the June 15 CAG meeting summary
- May 11, 2006
- Questions for Max Dodson, EPA Region 8
Ask EPA - Questions and Answers
- Does the EPA have anything to do with those big metal boxes I'm starting to see around town? If so, what are they?
- I'm starting to see asbestos warning signs in and around some of the creek beds. What gives?
- At the November CAG meeting, I learned that your contractor has not been filtering the decontamination water at the vermiculite mine. What are you going to do about this breach of protocol?
- Some of my friends have recently received a letter from you telling them their status with respect to your clean up project. Will everybody be getting such a letter?
- Why aren't you sampling the air and soil affected by the excavation for the new water lines in Troy?
- November 28, 2007: At the November CAG meeting, I learned that your contractor has not been filtering the decontamination water at the vermiculite mine. What are you going to do about this breach of protocol?
- November 27, 2006: Does the EPA have anything to do with those big metal boxes I'm starting to see around town?
- August 8, 2006: How are our local tradesman, contractors, and Public Service employees going to know how to handle asbestos when they come across it during their work?
- July 11, 2006: What is the status of the asbestos investigation and cleanup in Troy?
- June 26, 2006: How does EPA get feedback on how the community feels about the work it's doing in the area?
- March 7, 2006: How will EPA's Proposed Plan for long-term cleanup affect local cleanup contractors such as MCS, ER and Libby Restoration?
- Older questions and answers (Information Archives)
Superfund and You Columns
- Status Letter Column
- May 16, 2007
- ERS Column
- December 18, 2006 - Outdoor Ambient Air Sampling
- February 26, 2006 - The Feasibility Study Evaluation Criteria
- January 29, 2006 - The Feasibility Study
- January 1, 2006 - Technical Memos of the Remedial Investigation
- November 27, 2005 - The Remedial Investigation
- October 30, 2005 - What's the CAG/TAG Role?
- October 11, 2005 - October Public Meeting
- September 14, 2005 - Superfund Process and Technical Workshops
- July 28, 2005 - Cabinet View Country Club Vermiculite Report
- June 29, 2005 - A Libby Progress Update
- June 15, 2005 - CDM: Supporting EPA in Libby
- May 25, 2005 - The Superfund Process - Part 2
- April 27, 2005 - The Superfund Process - Part 1
Fact Sheets
- June 2007 Quarterly Report: Ambient Air Events: October 2006 - April 2007
- Annual Cleanup Update, 2007
- Information for Do-It-Yourselfers
- Information for Contractors and Tradesmen Working Outdoors
- Information for Contractors and Tradesmen Working Indoors
- HEPA Vacuum Cleaner Program
Technical Documents
NOTE: the Libby FTP site contains many additional technical and decision documents
- Technical Memo 8: February 21, 2008
- TM8 Calculator: February 21, 2008 (Excel file)
- Technical Memo 9: December 6, 2007
- Toxicity Studies on Libby Amphibole Asbestos
- View the Final Troy TAPE Work Plan
- Indoor Air SAP for OU4: July 6, 2007
- Outdoor ABS SAP for OU4: July 6, 2007
- Summary Report for Data Collected Under the Supplemental Remedial Investigation Quality Assurance Plan (SQAPP)
October 23, 2007 - SQAPP Figures
- SQAPP Tables
- December 15, 2003 - Technical Memorandum - Residential/Commercial Cleanup Action Level and Clearance Criteria
