See footage of METG’s recent work at the East Helena Site throughout 2023. This progress video showcases updates such as a new soil repository, reductions in the groundwater contamination plume, and redevelopment progress, including the Prickly Pear Land Trust’s Greenway Trail.
The video can also be found on our Photos & Videos page here.
Now Available: 2023 Groundwater and Surface Water Interim Corrective Action Performance Monitoring Plan for the former ASARCO East Helena Facility, Prepared December 2023. Download the PDF here.
Now Available: 2022 Water Resources Monitoring Report for the former ASARCO East Helena Facility, prepared December 2023. Download the PDF here.
METG hosted a public meeting in East Helena on Wednesday, November 15, 2023 to provide updates about the former ASARCO Smelter Site. The meeting included updates about Site cleanup in 2023, redevelopment progress, and presentations from partners such as Prickly Pear Land Trust and Helena Area Habitat for Humanity.
Download our 2023 fact sheet about the East Helena Smelter Site project to read about cleanup work and groundwater updates, the slag removal project, and redevelopment progress.
November 15, 2023, 6:00 p.m.
METG Office – 325 Manlove Ave.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Montana Environmental Trust Group (METG), Trustee of the Montana Environmental Custodial Trust, are hosting a public meeting on Wednesday, November 15, 2023, at 6:00 p.m. MT. EPA, METG and their project partners will review cleanup and reuse progress and plans at the former ASARCO Smelter Site in East Helena, Montana. The meeting will provide the public an important opportunity to learn and ask questions about remediation and redevelopment of the former ASARCO lands in East Helena. 
ATTEND MEETING IN-PERSON AT METG OFFICE
325 Manlove Ave., East Helena, Montana
See directions below.
JOIN MEETING BY ZOOM OR PHONE
Click here to join online by Zoom
Use meeting ID 946 584 8922 and passcode B8U7EX
Or call 646-876-9923 and use meeting ID 946 584 8922 and passcode 664564
Directions to METG Office
Manlove Ave is near the former ASARCO Smelter Site. It is located south of Highway 12 and parallel to the Highway and the railroad tracks. Manlove Ave. intersects Highway 282 across from American Chemet.
Look for the green modular building with the METG logo on the left!
Questions?
Please contact Christine Amrhine at 540-846-3163 or ca@g-etg.com or
Anna Novikova at 267-799-3842 or an@g-etg.com
The East Fields soil repository has closed. But the new Smelter Road soil repository is now open. Learn about soil disposal at the new Smelter Road repository, including any permit and certification requirements, who to contact in advance to arrange for disposal, and how to find the new repository.
Download the fact sheet about the new Soil Repository on Smelter Road here.
Now Available: 2022 Groundwater and Surface Water Corrective Action Performance Monitoring Plan for the former ASARCO East Helena Facility, Prepared December 2022. Download the PDF here.
Now available: 2021 Water Resources Monitoring Report for the East Helena Facility. Finalized December 2022. Download the PDF here.
Now available: the presentation from our public meeting for the East Helena Former ASARCO Smelter Site, held on December 13, 2022. The meeting included updates on Site cleanup, the slag reprocessing project, redevelopment activities, and institutional controls.