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Public, commissioners press EPA for faster lead cleanup; commission holds formal comment letter for further edits
Summary
Residents urged Butte‑Silver Bow to demand a shorter remedial timetable and expanded cleanup boundary in comments on EPA’s proposed plan; staff revised the county’s comment letter and the commission voted to hold the item for further review and final action Feb. 5.
Butte‑Silver Bow commissioners on Jan. 22 heard multiple public speakers pressing for a faster, broader cleanup of lead‑contaminated soils and previewed a revised county comment letter to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency addressing the BU priority soils operable unit proposed plan.
Residents called for a shorter timetable than the EPA’s projected decades‑long schedule and for inclusion of additional neighborhoods the county says were left out of the draft boundary. The commission voted 12‑0 to hold the communication in committee of the whole and to take final action at its Feb. 5 meeting.
The concerns surfaced during public comment. Dave Hutchins, who identified himself from 529 South Colorado, asked commissioners to press the county’s leverage with…
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