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Historical Questions

  • What does the Confidentiality Order cover?

  • What does the Confidentiality Order not cover?

  • Who is covered by the Confidentiality Order?

  • Why were the consent decree negotiations under a confidentiality order?

  • What is the Confidentiality Order?

  • Why is the Confidentiality Order important?

  • Do settlement communications, such as past “agreements in principle,” impact the implementation of the final Consent Decrees?

  • Is the Confidentiality Order still in effect?

  • Why are the potentially responsible parties at the site allowed to help design the cleanup plan?

  • What work are the potentially responsible parties required to complete at Butte Priority Soils Operable Unit?

  • How does EPA ensure that the potentially responsible parties complete their work?

  • What projects has EPA been involved with in Butte related to the Superfund site?

Timeline

  • When will construction begin in the Silver-Bow Creek Corridor?

  • How will waste from the Further Remedial Elements project (Silver Bow Creek Corridor) areas be handled?

Active Mining vs Superfund Site

  • Can you explain who has authority over the active mine vs the Superfund site?

Community Involvement

  • Where can I go to learn more?

  • How can I get involved?

EPA Response to Questions Documents

  • Butte-Silver Bow Creek Health Assessment/Study Annotated Compendium (pdf) (3pp, 91 K, About PDF)
  • Questions and EPA Responses about Onsite Material Submitted by the Community (pdf) (17 pp, 439 K, About PDF)
  • Questions and EPA Responses Submitted by MDEQ (November 2023)(pdf) (2 pp, 175 K, About PDF)
  • Questions and EPA Responses Submitted by NRDP (December 2023)(pdf) (18 pp, 470 K, About PDF)
  • Questions and Answers Regarding Active Mining Operations and Superfund Activities in Butte (December 2023)(pdf) (6pp, 714 K, About PDF)
  • EPA Response to Butte-Silver Bow Comments Regarding the Status of Remedy Work at the Butte Priority Soils Operable Unit of the Silver Bow Creek/Butte Area Superfund Site (December 2023)(pdf) (4 pp, 198 K, About PDF)
  • EPA Responses to Ray emails received Feb. 20, Feb. 29, Mar. 1 and Mar. 6, 2024 (pdf) 12 pp, 332 K, About PDF)

Silver Bow Creek - Butte Area

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Last updated on February 25, 2025
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