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EPA lowers Butte soil-lead cleanup level, expands abatement area by 3,627 acres

NBC Montana

Sep 21, 2026

EPA lowers Butte soil-lead cleanup level, expands abatement area by 3,627 acres

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has finalized a decision that significantly tightens the standard for cleaning up lead-contaminated residential soil in |!| Butte

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EPA lowers Butte soil-lead cleanup level, expands abatement area by 3,627 acres

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