Butte still waiting for EPA to bring ‘sunshine’ to Butte Hill cleanup agreement
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After 12 years of wrangling, the EPA, the state, and all of the responsible parties arrived at a verbal agreement on
During a public meeting on
"The parties have been working on the different aspects of the agreement," Maffei said. "We're continuing to move forward."
Maffei cautioned that because of the gag order, she couldn't say too much.
Haddon heard that case. He said at the time that the Standard did not "offer a single justifiable reason" for the fact that it had waited 13 years to intervene. Haddon signed the gag order, established between the EPA and the primary responsible party,
But this time, the EPA and all the parties are in agreement the gag order should be lifted, Benevento said in late January.
Maffei said that before the parties can petition Haddon, everyone "wants to make sure we're on the same page on the big principles" of the agreement. Besides the EPA, the parties involved include two state agencies,
"We want to make sure concepts we had agreed upon were what we thought. It just takes a while. There are so many parties and different aspects to it," Maffei said.
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"Most of (the) tasks are complete, and the group is now actively working on a motion to modify the confidentiality order as well as informational materials for public presentation," EPA Denver office spokesperson
Benevento said during the late January public meeting it could be spring or even summer before Haddon's order would be relaxed.
Maffei said that once the motion has reached Haddon's desk, she expects things will begin moving fast.
"Things will start happening pretty quick here once we get this motion done," Maffei said. "EPA will start releasing some things and have public meetings."
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