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.
Read our fact sheet about the East Helena Smelter Site project. Updates include the environmental solutions, cleanup results, the current slag reprocessing project, and ongoing redevelopment work.
Tuesday, December 13, 2022, 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 Tuesday, December 13, 2022, at 6:00 p.m. MT. EPA and METG representatives will review cleanup and redevelopment 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 restoration along Prickly Pear Creek, the East Helena slag removal project, and property development activities.
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
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 us.
Christine Amrhine – 540-846-3163 or ca@g-etg.com
Anna Novikova – 267-799-3842 or an@g-etg.com
Mark Rhodes (Hydrometrics) – MRHODES@hydrometrics.com
Take a look at photographs of redevelopment in East Helena on land formerly owned by the Custodial Trust. New development and amenities include East Helena High School and its athletic fields, the Highland Meadows subdivision, a community health center, and the Prickly Pear Creek Greenway.
Now available: the presentation from our annual project update for the East Helena Former ASARCO Smelter Facility, held virtually on December 8, 2021.
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Montana Environmental Trust Group (METG), Trustee of the Montana Environmental Custodial Trust, are sponsoring a virtual Public Meeting on Wednesday, December 8, 2021 at 7:00 p.m. MT. Representatives from EPA and METG will review cleanup and redevelopment progress and plans at the former ASARCO Smelter Site in East Helena. The meeting will provide the public with an important opportunity to receive information and ask questions about improvements in groundwater quality, water infrastructure projects, remediation and restoration of areas along Prickly Pear Creek, the East Helena slag removal project, and property development activities.
PLEASE JOIN US ON WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 8, 2021 at 7:00 P.M.
Join Online:
Use this Zoom link
or: http://tinyurl.com/EastHelenaMeeting
Join by Phone:Call 646-876-9923
Enter meeting ID 816 5567 5621# and passcode 781655#
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.
See our recent fact sheets here: Project Update Fact Sheet and Unfumed Slag Removal Fact Sheet.
Read our new fact sheet about the former smelter site’s unfumed slag removal project. Last year, METG began working with a metals trading company interested in extracting zinc and other valuable metals from the slag pile on-Site. The project will provide many benefits for current and long-term cleanup goals at the Site.
Read the project update fact sheet for the East Helena Smelter Site, with information on our award-winning cleanup and redevelopment results.
Now Available:
Corrective Measures Implementation (CMI) Work Plan for the East Helena Facility, finalized August 2021.
Now available: 2020 Water Resources Monitoring Report for the East Helena Facility.
Prepared June 2021.
