EPA Revises Butte Lead Cleanup Plan

The EPA’s new cleanup plan for Butte, Montana, proposes raising the lead threshold in homes and yards from 1,200 to 456 parts per million — still higher than Anaconda’s 400 ppm limit — while speeding up sampling from 25 to 15 years and adding 7,100 more households to the cleanup zone. The agency also targets blood lead levels at 5 micrograms per deciliter, aiming to show real progress and use taxpayer funds wisely. Public comments are still open until June 30, with formal responses expected later this summer. Support the show:Get a discount at https://solipillow.com/discount/dnn. Advertise on DNN:[email protected] This is an automated, high-level news summary based on public reporting.Report issues to [email protected]. View sources & latest updates:https://sources.thednn.ai/f99697ff9f7e0f54