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February 9, 2016

EPA OKs $540M asbestos cleanup plan for Montana town

By MATTHEW BROWN
Associated Press

BILLINGS, Mont. — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency granted final approval on Monday to a costly cleanup program for a Montana community where health officials say hundreds of people have been killed by asbestos poisoning.

The agency's action comes more than 15 years after cleanup work began in Libby, Montana, following media reports that revealed rampant, asbestos-caused illness in the small town near the Idaho border.


 
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