New Speed Limit/ Libby Asbestos

Missoulian: New law will increase some highway speed limits to 80 mph
SB 375: Revise certain highway speed limits

Missoulian: Final EPA plan would leave some asbestos in Montana town
EPA Announces Proposed Plan for Cleanup
Proposed Plan for Libby Asbestos Site Cleanup
“The proposed plan addresses five of eight areas at the Site. Remedial action has already been completed at Operable Unit 1 (the former Export Plant, now Riverfront Park in Libby) and Operable Unit 2 (former Screening Plant). Operable Unit 3 (the former Libby vermiculite mine and forested areas) will be addressed in a separate proposed plan. Investigation and cleanup are being conducted by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in consultation with the Montana Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) under the federal Superfund law.

Because long-term management tools, otherwise known as institutional controls, are instrumental to the cleanup, we have divided this document into three sections. Part One provides background and explains alternatives considered for the construction portion of the remedy. Part Two explains why waste will remain at the site and provides additional information about institutional controls. Part Three summarizes EPA's and the state’s preferred remedial alternative.”