Milltown Reservoir Sediments Superfund Site Issue #84

Cleanup
Update
or More Information:
Russ Forba, EPA
457-5042
forba.russ@epa.qov

Diana Hammer, EPA
457-5040
hammer.diana@epa.gov

Keith Large, MT DEQ
841-5039
klarqe@mt.gov

Doug Martin, MT NRDP
444-0234
douqmartin@mt.gov

Peter Nielsen, Missoula Co.
258-4968
Nielsen P© ho.missoula.mt.us

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.
Project personnel have worked 293,221 hours without time lost to injury.
Issue #84
July 8,2009
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.I 5th St., Ste.3200
Helena, Montana
REMEDIATION AND RESTORATION
• As of Sunday, 2,668,688 tons (~ 2,052,253 cubic
yards) of sediment have been excavated, loaded and
hauled off-site. This portion of the project is 93%
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 area where the new Clark Fork River
channel and floodplain will be created. Please see map below. This week, began excavating
in area J as well. A total of about 117,550 cubic yards will be excavated from Area J.
• The following amounts of sediment have been excavated from the site: Area A: 6700; E:
240; &: 3271; I: 4834; J: 8200; and L: 71,500 cubic yards. Currently finishing up removing
the buried A soils from Area L and stockpiling them for use in site restoration.
• Continue loading train in two sections,, switching trains around 10:30 am and in the middle
of the night and should disrupt traffic across the rail line at Highway 210 E and near
Harold's Club in Milltown for less than ten minutes each time.
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 Upcoming
    Events
Monday, July 13
Milltown Banner
Community Council
meeting 7 pm in the
Banner School Library

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 direc-
tions/information, please
call 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 Daycares
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.
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
•  Begin 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
•  By early September 2009:  Complete
   removal and rail hauling of 2.2 million cubic
   yards of contaminated sediments from the
   former Milltown Reservoir area.
 PROJECT SCHEDUU
 2009  Sediment removal
       Rail hauling sediment
       Restoration
       Redevelopment
2010  Restoration
       Redevelopment
2011  Restoration
       Redevelopment
Over the July 4th weekend, Fish, Wildlife and
Parks Wardens issued 7 tickets to boaters who
were floating through closed sections of the
Blackfoot River. Please remember that these
portions of the rivers are closed for the next
few years while the cleanup  and  restoration
work is completed.  Please respect signage.
     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.
 View of Project Area from Milltown Overlook, 7/7/09] The new Clark Fork River
 channel and f loodplain are beginning to take shape. Notice the shortened rail line
 and excavation from underneath and around the former rail line footprint.

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