Download our 2025 site fact sheet to learn about environmental cleanup work and progress at the former East Helena Smelter Site, as well as redevelopment updates and plans at and around the Site.
Learn about how to dispose of soil at the Smelter Road soil repository, including any permit and certification requirements, how to find the repository, and who to contact in advance to arrange for disposal. Download the fact sheet about the new Soil Repository on Smelter Road here.
Download our 2024 fact sheet to learn about cleanup work, progress, and results at the former East Helena Smelter Site, as well as redevelopment updates and plans.
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.
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.
Download the EPA Community Guide to ET covers, 2021
METG has transferred over 320 acres of former ASARCO lands to the Prickly Pear Land Trust (PPLT) for the Greenway Project along Prickly Pear Creek. Review the fact sheet prepared jointly by PPLT and METG to learn more about the long-envisioned Greenway Project.
Download the fact sheet here (PDF)
This map shows the parcels conveyed to the Prickly Pear Land Trust for development of the Greenway Project 8-mile trail system.
We prepared this October 2020 fact sheet with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to provide an update on cleanup actions to address arsenic contamination in groundwater at the East Helena Site. The fact sheet explains corrective measures taken to date, as well as next steps and future plans. Download the fact sheet here (PDF)
This Fact Sheet was prepared by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Montana Environmental Trust Group, LLC, Trustee of the Montana Environmental Custodial Trust. It covers the environmental challenge of the former ASARCO Smelter in East Helena, the cleanup solution, the results, and what comes next.
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