Restoration After Asbestos Abatement Libby Montana 2004 USEP

This clip shows the restoration done after the removal in and around homes in Libby. Processed vermiculite from the WR Grace Libby MT Mine contained tremolite a form of asbestos that was allowed to contaminate local homes and has caused hundreds of cases of asbestos-related disease in this small mountain town. Since November 1999 the US EPA has cleaned up the major source areas of contamination around town. US EPA is now cleaning up smaller sources found in a variety of places such as around homes and businesses. EPA conducts stringent clearance sampling after cleanup and has begun some targeted sampling to measure the effectiveness of cleanup several months later. In February 2005 seven executives and managers of W. R. Grace were indicted on ten federal criminal counts of knowingly endangering residents of Libby and concealing information about the health effects of its mining operations. The defendants are also accused of obstructing the governments cleanup efforts and wire fraud. For more and current information on the asbestos abatement work in Libby go to the US EPA website at . For more information about asbestos and the proposal to finally ban its use in the US go to Senator Patty Murrays website . This clip is from the 2004 US EPA video Libby Montana: An Asbestos Legacy. The entire video 11:30 minutes is posted to GoogleVideo and can be viewed and downloaded at . This video is from the ERTW website containing almost 100 free films of environmental cleanup and related issues .,