Tester skeptical of aluminum plant reopening

Posted by tjdetai on August 17th, 2015

U.S. Sen. Jon Tester says he is skeptical the shuttered Columbia Falls Aluminum Company plant will reopen after more than three years of trying to broker a power deal between owner Glencore and the Bonneville Power Administration.

Tester held a listening session Tuesday for Columbia Falls residents on the plant, which has been closed since 2009.

Tester and fellow Democratic U.S. Sen. Max Baucus sent a letter to the Environmental Protection Agency this month urging a study of contamination levels at the plant to determine whether it should be declared a Superfund site.

Tester says the study would help decide options rather than going "down this road of false hope."

CFAC spokesman Haley Beaudry says a Superfund declaration could make it very difficult to reopen the plant.

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