Announcements and Key Topics

Removal Action Complete

Crews have completed this summer’s Removal project in East Helena, which resulted in the cleanup of a limited number of yards and the Prickly Pear Elementary school playground. We will share more details about future cleanups in the coming years under EPA’s Remedial program, which will manage the vast majority of cleanups under ...
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Background

​​Cleanup at the East Helena Superfund Site has largely addressed contamination from a century of smelting by ASARCO. Contaminant concentrations in groundwater have dropped, the contamination plume is shrinking, stormwater ...
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