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Butte-Silver Bow council places ARCO budget amendment on file after hearing on increased weed control
Summary
The council held a public hearing and placed on file a communication to amend the FY24–25 ARCO source areas and stormwater budget to cover additional weed-control work requested midyear by EPA and DEQ; funding is from Atlantic Richfield trust accounts and pesticide application will be contracted.
Butte-Silver Bow County commissioners held a public hearing May 14 and voted 11-0 to place on file Communication 2025-236, a request to amend the fiscal year 2024–25 ARCO source areas and stormwater budget to cover additional weed-control work.
The amendment seeks money to pay costs tied to enhanced weed control at reclaimed "breeze" sites after the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Montana Department of Environmental Quality requested additional treatments. Brandon Warner, operations manager for the Department of Reclamation and Environmental Services, told commissioners the request came mid‑fiscal year and that a…
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