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State natural-resources agency outlines $18.5 million Libby asbestos restoration plan, awards early projects
Summary
Montana's Natural Resource Damage Program told the Libby City Council it will deploy an $18.5 million settlement from W.R. Grace over 10 years to restore natural resources injured by asbestos contamination, has allocated $2 million for early restoration and selected seven initial projects in Lincoln County.
Brian Bartoyak, a representative of the Montana Natural Resource Damage Program, and Sydney Stewart, the program's Libby project manager, briefed the Libby City Council on the program's role and an interim restoration plan tied to the W.R. Grace settlement.
The Natural Resource Damage Program, which Bartoyak said is "a very small program," recovers money for injuries to natural resources under federal and state cleanup laws and uses those funds to restore, replace or acquire equivalent resources and services. Stewart said the state's Libby asbestos portion of the settlement totals $18.5 million to be paid over 10 years; about $7.1 million has been received to date.
The program has set aside $2 million for early restoration projects that can begin while final cleanup plans are…
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