After others balked, the state s Natural Resource Damage Program took on the ambitious cleanup of ground-water polluting wastes at the site of the former Parrot Smelter in Butte.
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Butte to begin next phase of removing buried mine waste
The next phase of removing buried mine waste, known as the parrot tailings is set to begin next month.
By: John Emeigh
and last updated 2021-01-26 12:00:48-05
BUTTE â The next phase of removing buried mine waste, known as the parrot tailings is set to begin next month.
That involves tearing down the current county maintenance building off Civic Center Road, digging up the tailings and hauling the waste to the Montana Resources property.
âItâs a huge effort that will be taken, itâll be about a half-million cubic yards of mine waste that will be removed from that site, it will reclamate the site down to the level of what the civic center is and Civic Center Road will be closed during this time,â said Butte Chief Executive J.P. Gallagher.