"BUTTE, Mont. — A former oil producer says it has spent more than $1.4 billion on the decades-long Butte Superfund cleanup and expects to spend at least $100 million more.

The Montana Standard reports that the financial information shared this week by a spokesman for Atlantic Richfield Company is the first disclosure of the company’s spending. The total includes investigation, remediation and restoration work on the site.

Butte was declared a federal Superfund site in 1983 because of the damage done by more than a century of mining and smelting. Butte-Silver Bow officials say more than 600 acres of land have since been remediated and reclaimed."

The Associated Press had the story April 14, 2019. [2]

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"Former Oil Producer Says Butte Cleanup Costs Top $1 Billion" (Montana Standard) [3]