Superfund Site:

LIBBY ASBESTOS SITE
LIBBY, MT

Superfund Site Profile

Site Contacts

Community Involvement Coordinator
Beth Archer
(720) 512-1917

Remedial Project Manager
Dania Zinner
(720) 417-4375

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Site Location

Street Address:
512 CALIFORNIA AVENUE
LIBBY, MT 59923

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Announcements and Key Topics

​​June 10 Open House 

​Join Lincoln County, EPA, the Forest Service and the Montana Department of Environmental Quality for an open house on June 10. Come learn more about what the agencies are doing to prepare for potential fires in the former vermiculite mine area. Reach out to EPA’s Beth Archer (archer.elizabeth@epa.gov) with questions about ...
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Background

Gold miners discovered vermiculite in Libby in 1881. In the 1920s, the Zonolite Company formed and began mining the vermiculite. In 1963, W.R. Grace bought the Zonolite mining operations. The ...
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