Cleanup
Update
For More Information:
Russ Forba, EPA
457-5042
forba.russ@epa.gov
Diana Hammer, EPA
457-5040
hammer.diana@epa.gov
Keith Large, MT DEQ
841-5039
klarge@mt.gov
houg Martin, MT NRDP
444-0234
dougmartin@mt.gov
Peter Nielsen, Missoula Co.
258-4968
Nielsen P© ho.missoula.mt.us
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Websites:
http://www.epa.gov/
regionS/superfund/sites/
mt/milltown
http://www.cfrtac.org
To view on-going
activities, please visit:
http://www.clarkfork.org/
and click on the webcam.
Milltown Reservoir
Sediments
Superfund Site i
Status: The Milltown Project continues to go very well and is on schedule.
Issue #85
July 22, 2009
REMEDIATION AND RESTORATION
• As of Monday, 2,739,616 tons (~ 2,107,396
cubic yards) of sediment have been excavated,
loaded and hauled off-site. This portion of the
project is 96% complete. Removal, loading, and
hauling of the contaminated sediments to the
Anaconda Smelter Superfund Site should be
complete in September.
• Continuing to excavate sediments from under
the area where the rail spur used to run and
in the Areas M and J — where the new
Clark Fork River channel and floodplain will be created. As of Sunday, approximately
93,000 cubic yards have been excavated from Areas M and J. Please see map belc.v.
• Continue loading train in two sections, switching trains around 10:30 am and in the middle
of the night, disrupting traffic across the rail lines in Milltown at most 10 minutes each time.
• Backfilling 35,000 cubic yards of general fill in the floodplain in Area A terrace.
• Work continues to divert the Clark Fork River flows around the CFR 3b area. The down-
stream diversion is done; the upstream diversion will be completed by the end of this week.
These updates are intended to
provide you with the latest
information about remediation,
restoration and redevelopment
activities at the
Milltown Reservoir Superfund
US EPA Montana Office
10 W.I5th St., Ste.3200
Helena, Montana 59626
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Upcoming
Events
Tuesday, July 28
No regular Milltown Re-
development Working
Group meeting, instead,
Please join us for a
Retirement Pot-luck for
Russ Forba from 6-9 pm
at Banner Park in Mis-
sou la (corner of Hastings
and Hilda). Please bring
a dish to pass, BYOB,
and your favorite lawn
chair. For directions and
information, please call
Peter at 258-4968.
Monday, August 10
Milltown Banner
Community Council
meeting 7 pm in the
Banner School Library
August 11-13
Children's Environmental
Health Summit:
Greening our Schools
and Child-cares
Sponsored by the
Montana Children's
Environmental Health
Network, EPA and DEQ.
Location: Holiday Inn-
Parkside in Missoula.
Evening events on 8/11
and 8/12 are free;
Registration for the
Summit, 8/12-8/13 is
required. Contact Diana
Hammer for more
information, 457-5040.
August 30
Community at the
Confluence (of the Clark
Fork and Blackfoot
Rivers) Celebration of
arts and the environment
around Milltown and Bon-
ner. Details to come...
Upcoming work:
• Continue sediment excavation, hauling, and
disposal of contaminated sediments
• Envirocon, US(5S, and Missoula County
• continue surface and groundwater
monitoring of Clark Fork River and wells
• FWP continues fish monitoring (caged fish
and radio-tagged fish) on sections of the
Blackfoot and Clark Fork Rivers
• USSS continues to monitor scour and flow
conditions on the Blackfoot River
• Restoration work continues excavating new
river channel and stockpiling Buried A-
horizon soils for later use
• Continue restoration work in the very upper
end of the reservoir (above former Duck
Bridge) in SAA- IV and V; creating a new
channel. Access will be off Rustic Road.
• Redevelopment/Park planning continues
• In August, expect to shorten the rail line
and train again
• September 2009: Complete removal and
rail hauling of 2.2 million cubic yards of
contaminated sediments from the former
Milltown Reservoir area.
PROJECT SCHEDULE
2009 Sediment removal
Rail hauling sediment
Restoration
Redevelopment
2010 Restoration
Redevelopment
fll Restoration
Redevelopment
WARNING
Safety Reminder
DURING THE MILLTOWN CLEANUP,
THE CLARK FORK AND BLACKFOOT
RIVERS ARE CLOSED
TO RIVER RECREATION ABOVE AND
BELOW THE PROJECT AREA.
Clark Fork River users must exit
the river at Turah
Fishing Access;
Blackfoot River
users must exit at
Weigh Station.
VIOLATORS and
TRESPASSERS
WILL BE FINED.
For more information, contact
Montana FWP at 542-5500.
\ Fish, Wildlife and Parks Wardens contin-
/ I \ ues to issue tickets to boaters floating
through closed sections of the Black-
foot River. Please remember — and remind
your friends— these portions of the rivers
are closed for the next few years while the
cleanup and restoration work is completed.
Russ FORBA RETIRING
After 33 years with EPA, Russ
Forba is retiring. He has led
the complex Milltown cleanup
since 1997 - a time when dam
removal was only a dream for
some—until now with the dam
and nearly all the contaminated
sediments removed. The local
drinking water supply is already
recovering. Never one to sit
still, Russ has some "bright"
ideas for retirement. Look for
him installing solar panels or
Russ Forba, EPA Project Manager, pictured with the hikin9 with his new PW'
Milltown Project in the background, 7/21/09. Thanks' Russ! We " miss
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