The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR), a public health agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, has extended the public comment period for the public health assessment on the Carpenter-Snow Creek Mining District site in Neihart, Mont. The site is on the Superfund National Priorities List.
The public comment period has been extended to Nov. 7 in order to allow additional time for community members to review and comment on the public health assessment.
Discharges of heavy metals from mining and processing operations are present at the site. ATSDR has classified the site as a public health hazard because of the possible adverse health effects of exposure to lead in soil at Neihart.
ATSDR's conclusions and recommendations are included in the assessment, which is available for review and comment at these repositories in Montana:
Neihart Post Office
108 North Main St.
Neihart
Belt Ranger Station
4234 Highway 89
Neihart
Great Falls Public Library
301 2nd Ave. North
Great Falls
Monarch Post Office
Monarch
ATSDR welcomes comments from members of the community. Comments on the public health assessment must be made in writing. Mail comments to
Chief, Program Evaluation, Records and Information Services Branch
ATSDR
1600 Clifton Road, NE (MS E-60)
Atlanta, GA 30333
Comments received during the public comment period will be logged in to ATSDR's administrative record for the public health assessment. Comments received, without the names of individuals who submitted them, and ATSDR's responses to the comments will appear in an appendix to the final document. Names of those who submit comments, however, will be subject to release to requests made under the U.S. Freedom of Information Act.
Community members seeking information on the public health assessment can contact environmental health scientists John Crellin or Teresa Foster or Community Involvement Specialist Youlanda Outin toll free, at 1-888-422-8737. Regional Representative Dan Strausbaugh also may be contacted at 406-457-5007. Callers should refer to the Carpenter-Snow Creek Mining District site in Neihart, Mont.