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NEWS

WORDS
••••
of the Week

AN INDEX OF
RECENT
NEWSMAKERS

BERGDAHL
The trade of ive Taliban
detainees for Army Sgt. Bowe

Bergdahl has been a growing
controversy in recent weeks
and House lawmakers are
scheduled to have hearings
about the POW trade this
week.

PLANE CRASH

An Idaho man was killed on
June 7 when the small plane
he was piloting crashed
near Polson. The FAA is
investigating the wreck.

US OPEN

Billings native Brandon
McIver earned a spot in this
weekend’s U.S. Open golf
Columbia Falls Aluminum Company building in Columbia Falls. BEACON FILE PHOTO
tournament in Pinehurst,
Future Muddled for CFAC Site
North Carolina.

ECONOMY
The job market reached a
signiicant milestone last Aluminum plant sits have shown the site could be eligible for In an interview, Tester said he would
week: Nearly ive years after Superfund status, but the site’s owner, like the company’s plans in writing, but is
idle as debate about Swiss commodities irm Glencore, has yet not conident the company will respond,
the Great Recession ended, cleanup continues
to make a statement on what it would like due to its prior lack of communication.
the economy has inally to do with the property.
On April 15, EPA and DEQ oicials
regained all the jobs lost in In the years following closure in 2009, held a town hall meeting in Columbia Falls
the downturn.
By MOLLY PRIDDY of the Beacon
politicians and local leaders have attempt- to discuss the results of a recent study that
ed to work out deals with Glencore to re- found the land in and around the CFAC
GENERAL ELECTION
The future of the Columbia Falls Alu- open the plant, but the site has remained plant was contaminated with various met-
minum Company site looks less like it will shuttered.
als and chemicals, including cyanide and
Now that the primaries are reopen and more like it will be subject to Montana U.S. Sen. Jon Tester, who in luoride.
over, the general election is cleanup, according to city and state oi- the past has worked on deals with Glen- Oicials at the meeting, including EPA
gearing up with 125 seats in cials, though how and when such a project core and Bonneville Power Company to site assessment manager Rob Parker, said
the state House and Senate
up for grabs.
could happen is still up for debate.
try and get the plant up and running again, there is enough evidence to designate the
Recent reports from the state Depart- sent a letter to Glencore on June 3 asking plant a Superfund site but that it would
ment of Environmental Quality and the about the company’s plans for the future
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
of the plant.
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