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Montana site fouled by copper smelter to get final cleanup

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The Atlantic Richfield Company committed to finishing cleanup work in residential yards. It also will clean up soils in the surrounding hills and address remaining piles of contaminated waste. Arsenic and toxic metals spewed from a 585-foot-tall smokestack in Anaconda for nearly a century.

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The Independent

Montana site fouled by copper smelter to get final cleanup

A subsidiary of London-based oil giant BP agreed to finish its cleanup of a 300-square mile site in Montana that’s contaminated with arsenic and other pollutants from decades of copper smelting

1 year ago·London, United Kingdom

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Montana site fouled by copper smelter to get final cleanup

A subsidiary of London-based oil giant BP agreed to finish its cleanup of a 300-square mile site in Montana that’s contaminated with arsenic and other pollutants from decades of copper

1 year ago·United States

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KRDO

Montana site fouled by copper smelter to get final cleanup

By MATTHEW BROWN Associated PressBILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — A subsidiary of London-based oil giant BP agreed to finish its cleanup of a 300-square mile site in Montana that’s contaminated with arsenic and other pollutants from decades of copper smelting. Under a legal decree filed Friday in U.S. District Court, the Atlantic Richfield Company committed to finishing cleanup work in residential yards in the towns of Anaconda and Opportunity. It also wi…

1 year ago·Colorado Springs, United States

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KVIA

Montana site fouled by copper smelter to get final cleanup

By MATTHEW BROWN Associated PressBILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — A subsidiary of London-based oil giant BP agreed to finish its cleanup of a 300-square mile (776-square kilometer) site in Montana that’s contaminated with arsenic and other pollutants from decades of copper smelting, and to repay the U.S. government $48 million in response costs. Under a legal decree filed Friday in U.S. District Court, the Atlantic Richfield Company committed to finishing…

1 year ago·Panama City, United States

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Financial Post

Montana site fouled by copper smelter to get final cleanup

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) -- A subsidiary of London-based oil giant BP agreed to finish its cleanup of a 300-square mile (776-square kilometer) site in Montana that's contaminated with arsenic and other pollutants from decades of copper smelting, and to repay the U.S. government $48 million in response costs. Read More

1 year ago·Canada

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Winnipeg Free Press

Montana site fouled by copper smelter to get final cleanup

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — A subsidiary of London-based oil giant BP agreed to finish its cleanup of a 300-square mile (776-square kilometer) site in Montana that’s contaminated with arsenic and […]

1 year ago·Winnipeg, Canada

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