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Exhibit 2 “Basement ISWP” 223 N. Alabama St. Butte, MT 59701 
January 2, 2025 Database Residential Identifier: R-00455 
Butte-Silver Bow Department of Reclamation and Environmental Services 
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223 N. Alabama St. Butte, MT 59701 January 2, 2025 Database Residential Identifier: R-00455" (2025). 
Silver Bow Creek/Butte Area Superfund Site. 1231. 
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Exhibit 2 
 
“Basement ISWP” 
223 N. Alabama St.  
Butte, MT 59701 
January 2, 2025 
Database Residential Identifier: R-00455 
 
 
Rational for Work: The property is not in the RMAP BPSOU, was built in 1910, and exceeds 1200 mg/kg for lead.  
Selection Criteria: Home with one or more sources of lead. 
Project Funding: B-SB Residential Metals Abatement Program. 
General Project Description: RMAP work will consist of capping and enclosing the dirt in the basement.  
Reason for Sampling: Property owner request. 
Basement area (Square Feet): 1052 
 
Anticipated Basement Activities: (All work will be performed in accordance with the RMAP RAWP and the Safety and Health 
plan.) 
• All the debris left in the basement will be Double bagged in 6-millimeter plastic bags, duct tape seams and dispose of at Granite 
Mountain Soil Repository. 
• The stairs will be removed to allow the area behind the stairs to be covered with geotextile fabric. 
• Fine grade and prepare for 4-inch concrete floor.  
• The boiler will be left in place, and the new concrete floor will be poured around the boiler. 
• Concrete shall have fiber added. Refer to concrete standards. 
• Install protection sleeves (PVC or HDPE) around existing utility penetrations in the basement floor prior to pouring the concrete 
cap. Sleeves should be 1 to 2 inches in diameter larger than existing utility (water/sewer/power/communications/etc.) and extend 
from 2 inches below final subgrade to 2 inches above the finished concrete.  
• A 4-inch concrete floor will be installed in the basement. 
• The dirt crawl spaces, walls, and benches will be covered with 2 layers of geotextile fabric. Material shall have 6-to-12-inch 
overlaps and be nailed down. 
• The dirt walls and benches will be framed in with treated 2 x 4’s on 24-inch centers and covered with treated ½” plywood.  
• The crawl space areas to the north and south will have 2x4’s laid over the fabric running from the new walls to the foundation on 
24-inch centers and enclosed with treated ½” plywood to provide more clean storage area.   
• New stairs will be built to accommodate the new floor. 
• Access to utilities shall be provided on the new walls.  
• Access panels shall be hinged with latches. 
• The contractor shall HEPA vacuum, wet mop, and re-HEPA vacuum the finished basement area as a final cleanup. 
• Contaminated dirt that must be removed will be hauled to the Granite Mountain soil repository.  
• Contractors shall decontaminate equipment by sweeping out any material remaining in the equipment after dumping each load 
and before hauling clean materials. 
• Contractors shall purchase and install concrete, 2x4’s and plywood.   
 
Miscellaneous 
• This project will be completed by March 28, 2025. 
• Contractors shall repair items they have damaged on or off property. Including but not limited to roads, sidewalks, retaining walls, 
fences, sprinkler systems and utilities. 
• Contractors shall provide photo documentation to record the pre-removal, removal, and post-removal condition of the property.  
• Contractors will adhere to a time frame for work to be completed and within the terms set forth in the contract agreement with 
Butte-Silver Bow Department of Reclamation & Environmental Services.  
R-00455
SO32602 BS
[number] Component Arsenic Concentration Over Limit
[number] Component Lead Concentration Over Limit
[number] Component Mercury Concentration Over Limit
[number] Analyte Concentration Within Acceptable Limits
- Not Applicable or Not Sampled
Exceedances Upper Limit
Arsenic 237.5
Lead 1140
Mercury 139.65
Property Address 223 N ALABAMA ST Butte MT 59701-9027
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1640
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RESIDENTIAL
IDENTIFIER
BASEMENT COMPONENT COMPONENT ARSENIC
CONCENTRATION (mg/kg)
COMPONENT LEAD
CONCENTRATION (mg/kg)
COMPONENT MERCURY
CONCENTRATION (mg/kg)
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Exhibit 2 “Basement ISWP” 223 N. Alabama St. Butte, MT 59701 January 2, 2025 Database Residential Identifier: R-00455

Montana Tech Library 
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Silver Bow Creek/Butte Area Superfund Site Montana Superfund 
Winter 1-30-2025 
Exhibit 2 “Basement ISWP” 1029 Oregon Ave. Butte, MT 59701 
January 30, 2025 Database Residential Identifier: R-03611 
Butte-Silver Bow Department of Reclamation and Environmental Services 
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Exhibit 2 
“Basement ISWP” 
1029 Oregon Ave.  
Butte, MT 59701 
January 30, 2025 
Database Residential Identifier: R-03611 
Rational for Work: The property is not in the RMAP BPSOU, was built in 1900, and exceeds 1200 mg/kg for lead. 
Selection Criteria: Home with one or more sources of lead. 
Project Funding: B-SB Residential Metals Abatement Program. 
General Project Description: RMAP work will consist of capping and enclosing the dirt in the basement.  
Reason for Sampling: Property owner request. 
Basement area (Square Feet): 1312 
Anticipated Basement Activities: (All work will be performed in accordance with the RMAP RAWP and the Safety and Health 
plan.) 
 All the debris left in the basement will be Double bagged in 6-millimeter plastic bags, duct tape seams and dispose of at Granite
Mountain Soil Repository.
 The wash tub that is in the basement will be installed in the floor to act as a drain.
 Fine grade and prepare for 4-inch concrete floor that slopes towards the basement entryway.
 A vapor barrier provided by the property owner will be installed on the floor.
 The support posts will be wrapped with flashing.
 Concrete shall have fiber added. Refer to concrete standards.
 Install protection sleeves (PVC or HDPE) around existing utility penetrations in the basement floor prior to pouring the concrete
cap. Sleeves should be 1 to 2 inches in diameter larger than existing utility (water/sewer/power/communications/etc.) and extend
from 2 inches below final subgrade to 2 inches above the finished concrete.
 A 4-inch concrete floor will be installed in the basement.
 The north wall will be framed in using treated 2 x 4’s on 24-inch centers up to the bottom of the window openings and 6 inches
out from the existing concrete wall, enclose wall with treated ½” plywood.
 The area behind the north wall will be filled with concrete to stop the erosion of the dirt under the existing concrete wall.
 Crawl spaces and ledges behind the new walls shall be covered with a vapor barrier material provided by the property owner.
Material shall have 6-to-12-inch overlaps and be nailed down.
 Frame the east and west walls with treated 2 x 4’s on 24-inch centers, enclose walls with treated ½” plywood.
 Access to utilities shall be provided on the new walls.
 Access panels shall be hinged with latches.
 The contractor shall HEPA vacuum, wet mop, and re-HEPA vacuum the finished basement area as a final cleanup.
 Contaminated dirt that must be removed will be hauled to the Granite Mountain soil repository.
 Contractors shall decontaminate equipment by sweeping out any material remaining in the equipment after dumping each load
and before hauling clean materials.
 Contractors shall purchase and install concrete, 2x4’s and plywood.
Miscellaneous 
 This project will be completed by March 28, 2025.
 Contractors shall repair items they have damaged on or off property. Including but not limited to roads, sidewalks, retaining walls,
fences, sprinkler systems and utilities.
 Contractors shall provide photo documentation to record the pre-removal, removal, and post-removal condition of the property.
 Contractors will adhere to a time frame for work to be completed and within the terms set forth in the contract agreement with
Butte-Silver Bow Department of Reclamation & Environmental Services.
R-03611
B-R-03611-BSMT Basement
[number] Component Arsenic Concentration Over Limit
[number] Component Lead Concentration Over Limit
[number] Component Mercury Concentration Over Limit
[number] Analyte Concentration Within Acceptable Limits
- Not Applicable or Not Sampled
Exceedances Upper Limit
Arsenic 237.5
Lead 1140
Mercury 139.65
Property Address 1029 OREGON ST Butte MT 59701-2947
97.2
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3130
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10.6
RESIDENTIAL
IDENTIFIER
BASEMENT COMPONENT COMPONENT ARSENIC
CONCENTRATION (mg/kg)
COMPONENT LEAD
CONCENTRATION (mg/kg)
COMPONENT MERCURY
CONCENTRATION (mg/kg)
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Exhibit 2 “Basement ISWP” 1029 Oregon Ave. Butte, MT 59701 January 30, 2025 Database Residential Identifier: R-03611

Pioneer Technical Services, Inc.

2025 Draft Final Unreclaimed Sites Quality Assurance Project Plan (QAPP)

Thompson, Mark

Griffis, Dave

Re: BUTTE MINE FLOODING SITE CD, CV 02-35 Bu-RFC, 2024 Fourth Quarter Report

2025 Draft Final Insufficiently Reclaimed Sites Quality Assurance Project Plan (QAPP)

Rott, Emma

Montana Tech Library 
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Silver Bow Creek/Butte Area Superfund Site Montana Superfund 
Winter 2-28-2025 
Re: Comment letter for the Butte Priority Soils Operable Unit 
(BPSOU) Butte Treatment Lagoons (BTL) Groundwater Treatment 
System Routine Operations, Maintenance, and Monitoring 
(OM&M) Plan (dated December 10, 2024) 
Emma Rott 
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 Part of the Environmental Health and Protection Commons, Environmental Indicators and Impact 
Assessment Commons, and the Environmental Monitoring Commons 
 
 
February 28, 2025 
 
 
Mr. Dave Griffis 
Liability Manager 
Atlantic Richfield Company 
317 Anaconda Road 
Butte, Montana 59701 
 
Re: Comment letter for the Butte Priority Soils Operable Unit (BPSOU) Butte Treatment Lagoons 
(BTL) Groundwater Treatment System Routine Operations, Maintenance, and Monitoring 
(OM&M) Plan (dated December 10, 2024) 
 
Dear Mr. Griffis: 
 
The U. S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in consultation with the Montana Department of 
Environmental Quality (DEQ) has reviewed and is providing comments on the Butte Treatment Lagoons 
(BTL) Groundwater Treatment System Routine Operations, Maintenance, and Monitoring (OM&M) Plan 
(dated December 10, 2024). Please incorporate these comments and submit a revised version. 
Comments 
1. Address all comments in attached crosswalk. 
2. Recommend including an SOP for Silt Curtain removal and replacement. Current SOP is for Silt 
Curtain cleaning, however, that practice has been abandoned by replacing the curtains as 
required using a specialty contractor. HASP should be updated to include this contractor using a 
diver during the replacement process so all protocols for this procedure are adequately 
addressed. SOP would include transport and disposal documentation of discarded silt curtains. 
If you have any questions or concerns, please call me at (406) 438-0823.  
 
      Sincerely,  
 
 
 
      Emma Rott, P.E. 
      Remedial Project Manager  
 
 
2 
 
cc: (email only) 
 
Butte File  
Chris Greco / Atlantic Richfield  
Mike Mcanulty / Atlantic Richfield  
Loren Burmeister / Atlantic Richfield  
Dave Griffis / Atlantic Richfield  
Tim Hilmo / Atlantic Richfield 
Jean Martin / Atlantic Richfield  
Irene Montero / Atlantic Richfield  
David A. Gratson / Environmental Standards  
Mave Gasaway / DGS  
Adam Cohen / DGS  
Brianne McClafferty / Holland & Hart  
Daryl Reed / DEQ  
Logan Dudding / DEQ  
Jacob Wheeling/ DEQ 
Jon Morgan / DEQ  
Kevin Stone / DEQ  
Amy Steinmetz / DEQ  
Katie Garcin-Forba / DEQ  
Doug Martin / NRDP  
Jim Ford / NRDP  
Pat Cunneen / NRDP  
Katherine Hausrath / NRDP  
Ted Duaime / MBMG  
Gary Icopini / MBMG  
Becky Summerville / MR  
John DeJong / UP  
Robert Bylsma / UP  
John Gilmour / Kelley Drye  
Leo Berry / BNSF  
Robert Lowry / BNSF  
Brooke Kuhl / BNSF  
Lauren Knickrehm / BNSF  
Doug Brannan / Kennedy Jenks  
Matthew Mavrinac / RARUS  
Harrison Roughton / RARUS  
Mark Neary / BSB  
Eric Hassler / BSB  
Chad Anderson / BSB  
Brandon Warner / BSB  
Abigail Peltomaa / BSB  
Sean Peterson/BSB  
Josh Vincent / WET  
Scott Bradshaw / W&C  
Emily Evans / W&C  
Pat Sampson / Pioneer  
Karen Helfrich / Pioneer  
Randa Colling / Pioneer  
Scott Sampson / Pioneer  
Jesse Schwarzrock / Pioneer 
Mark Meyer / Pioneer 
Ramzi Khuri / Jacobs 
Cord Harris / Jacobs  
Brent Lucyk / Stantec 
Rich Keeland / Aspect Engineering 
Andy White / Aspect Engineering 
Ian Magruder/ CTEC  
CTEC of Butte  
Scott Juskiewicz / Montana Tech  
David Shanight / CDM Smith  
Curt Coover / CDM Smith  
Chapin Storrar / CDM Smith  
Erin Agee / EPA  
Will Lindsey / EPA  
Ben Mathieu / EPA 
Jamie Miller / EPA  
Carolina Balliew / EPA  
Molly Roby / EPA  
Katherine Jenkins / EPA  
Charlie Partridge / EPA 
 


Re: Comment letter for the Butte Priority Soils Operable Unit (BPSOU) Butte Treatment Lagoons (BTL) Groundwater Treatment System Routine Operations, Maintenance, and Monitoring (OM&M) Plan (dated December 10, 2024)

Montana Tech Library 
Digital Commons @ Montana Tech 
Silver Bow Creek/Butte Area Superfund Site Montana Superfund 
Summer 7-23-2025 
Re: Comments on the Repository, Haul Route, and Pipeline 
Geotechnical Pre-Design Investigation Summary Report (dated 
May 13, 2025) 
Emma Rott 
Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.mtech.edu/superfund_silverbowbutte 
 Part of the Environmental Health and Protection Commons, Environmental Indicators and Impact 
Assessment Commons, and the Environmental Monitoring Commons 
 
 
July 23, 2025 
 
 
Mr. Josh Bryson 
Liability Manager 
Atlantic Richfield Company 
317 Anaconda Road 
Butte, Montana 59701 
 
Re: Comments on the Repository, Haul Route, and Pipeline Geotechnical Pre-Design Investigation 
Summary Report (dated May 13, 2025) 
 
Dear Mr. Bryson: 
 
The U. S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), in consultation with the Montana Department of 
Environmental Quality (DEQ), is approving the Repository, Haul Route, and Pipeline Geotechnical Pre-
Design Investigation Summary Report (dated May 13, 2025). Please distribute this report as final.  
 
If you have any questions or concerns, please call me at (406) 438-0823.  
 
      Sincerely,  
 
 
 
Emma Rott, PE 
Remedial Project Manager 
 
 
cc: (email only) 
 
Butte File  
Chris Greco / Atlantic Richfield  
Mike Mcanulty / Atlantic Richfield  
Loren Burmeister / Atlantic Richfield  
Dave Griffis / Atlantic Richfield  
Tim Hilmo / Atlantic Richfield 
Jean Martin / Atlantic Richfield  
Irene Montero / Atlantic Richfield  
David A. Gratson / Environmental Standards  
Mave Gasaway / DGS  
Adam Cohen / DGS  
Brianne McClafferty / Holland & Hart  
Daryl Reed / DEQ  
Logan Dudding / DEQ  
 
2 
 
Jacob Wheeling/ DEQ 
Alyxandra Ruzevich / DEQ 
Jon Morgan / DEQ  
Kevin Stone / DEQ  
Amy Steinmetz / DEQ  
Katie Garcin-Forba / DEQ  
Doug Martin / NRDP  
Jim Ford / NRDP  
Katherine Hausrath / NRDP  
Ted Duaime / MBMG  
Gary Icopini / MBMG  
Becky Summerville / MR  
John DeJong / UP  
Robert Bylsma / UP  
John Gilmour / Kelley Drye  
Leo Berry / BNSF  
Robert Lowry / BNSF  
Brooke Kuhl / BNSF  
Lauren Knickrehm / BNSF  
Doug Brannan / Kennedy Jenks  
Matthew Mavrinac / RARUS  
Harrison Roughton / RARUS  
Mark Neary / BSB  
Eric Hassler / BSB  
Chad Anderson / BSB  
Brandon Warner / BSB  
Abigail Peltomaa / BSB  
Sean Peterson/BSB  
Josh Vincent / WET  
Scott Bradshaw / W&C  
Emily Evans / W&C  
Pat Sampson / Pioneer  
Karen Helfrich / Pioneer  
Randa Colling / Pioneer  
Scott Sampson / Pioneer  
Jesse Schwarzrock / Pioneer 
Mark Meyer / Pioneer 
Todd Church / Pioneer 
Brent Lucyk / Stantec 
Rich Keeland / Aspect Engineering 
Andy White / Aspect Engineering 
Ian Magruder/ CTEC  
CTEC of Butte  
Scott Juskiewicz / Montana Tech  
David Shanight / CDM Smith  
Curt Coover / CDM Smith  
Chapin Storrar / CDM Smith  
Erin Agee / EPA  
Will Lindsey / EPA  
Ben Mathieu / EPA 
Hannah Woolsey / EPA 
Carolina Balliew / EPA  
Molly Roby / EPA  
Katherine Jenkins / EPA  
Charlie Partridge / EPA 
 


Re: Comments on the Repository, Haul Route, and Pipeline Geotechnical Pre-Design Investigation Summary Report (dated May 13, 2025)

Final Quarterly Operations and Maintenance Report Butte Treatment Lagoon System – Third Quarter 2024

Final BPSOU Unreclaimed Sites: UR-05 Remedial Action Work Plan (RAWP)

Roby, Molly

Montana Tech Library 
Digital Commons @ Montana Tech 
Silver Bow Creek/Butte Area Superfund Site Montana Superfund 
Spring 5-6-2025 
Re: Comment letter for the Butte Priority Soils Operable Unit 
(BPSOU) Draft Final Residential Metals Abatement Program 
(RMAP) Quality Assurance Project Plan (QAPP) (Non-Residential 
Parcels and Residential Daycares) (dated February 26, 2025) 
Molly Roby 
Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.mtech.edu/superfund_silverbowbutte 
 Part of the Environmental Health and Protection Commons, Environmental Indicators and Impact 
Assessment Commons, and the Environmental Monitoring Commons 
 
 
May 6, 2025 
 
Mr. Mike McAnulty    Mr. Eric Hassler 
Liability Manager    Butte-Silver Bow County 
Atlantic Richfield Company   Dept. of Reclamation & Environmental Services 
317 Anaconda Road    155 W. Granite St. 
Butte, Montana 59701   Butte, Montana 59701 
 
Re: Comment letter for the Butte Priority Soils Operable Unit (BPSOU) Draft Final Residential 
Metals Abatement Program (RMAP) Quality Assurance Project Plan (QAPP) (Non-Residential 
Parcels and Residential Daycares) (dated February 26, 2025) 
 
Dear Mr. McAnulty and Mr. Hassler: 
 
The U. S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), in consultation with the Montana Department of 
Environmental Quality (DEQ), is commenting of the Draft Final Revised Residential Metals Abatement 
Program (RMAP) Quality Assurance Project Plan (QAPP) (Non-Residential Parcels and Residential 
Daycares) (dated February 26, 2025). Please address these minor comments included in the attached 
QAPP crosswalk and resubmit for final approval. This version of the QAPP crosswalk provided 
incorporates the current EPA Quality Assurance Project Plan Standard; please update the text to 
reference the QAPP Standard QA/S-2 (link) dated 2024.  
 
Prior to executing this field season’s sampling program, please schedule a kick-off meeting with the 
Agencies to review the QAPP requirements. If you have any questions or comments, please call me at 
(406) 438-0826. 
      Sincerely,  
 
 
Molly Roby 
Remedial Project Manager 
 
ENCLOSURE: EPA Region 8 QAPP Crosswalk with EPA Review Comments (electronic version only) 
 
cc: (email only) 
Butte File 
Chris Greco/Atlantic Richfield 
Mike McAnulty/Atlantic Richfield 
Josh Bryson/Atlantic Richfield 
Loren Burmeister/Atlantic Richfield 
Tim Hilmo / Atlantic Richfield 
Dave Griffis/Atlantic Richfield 
Jean Martin/Atlantic Richfield 
Irene Montero/Atlantic Richfield 
 Mave Gasaway/DGS 
Mike McAnulty and Eric Hassler 
May 6, 2025 
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cc: continued
Adam Cohen/DGS 
David A. Gratson/ Environmental Standards 
Brianne McClafferty/Holland & Hart 
Daryl Reed/DEQ 
Logan Dudding/DEQ 
Jon Morgan/DEQ 
Kevin Stone/DEQ 
Amy Steinmetz/DEQ  
Katie Garcin-Forba/DEQ 
Doug Martin/NRDP  
Jim Ford/NRDP 
Pat Cunneen/NRDP 
Katherine Hausrath/NRDP 
Ted Duaime/MBMG 
Gary Icopini/MBMG 
Becky Summerville/MR 
John DeJong/UP 
Robert Bylsma/UP 
John Gilmour/Kelley Drye 
Leo Berry/BNSF 
Robert Lowry/BNSF 
Brooke Kuhl/BNSF 
Lauren Knickrehm/BNSF 
Doug Brannan/Kennedy Jenks 
Matthew Mavrinac/RARUS 
Mark Neary/BSB 
Eric Hassler/BSB 
Chad Anderson/BSB 
Brandon Warner/BSB 
Abigail Peltomaa/BSB 
Sean Peterson/BSB 
Josh Vincent/WET 
David Dobrinen/W&C 
Scott Bradshaw/W&C 
Emily Evans/W&C 
Pat Sampson/Pioneer  
Karen Helfrich/Pioneer 
Mark Meyer / Pioneer 
Randa Colling/Pioneer 
Scott Sampson/Pioneer 
Jesse Schwarzrock/Pioneer 
Rich Keeland / Aspect Engineering 
Andy White / Aspect Engineering 
Ian Magruder/ CTEC  
CTEC of Butte 
Scott Juskiewicz/ Montana Tech 
Curt Coover/CDM Smith 
Chapin Storrar/CDM Smith 
David Shanight/CDM Smith 
Erin Agee/EPA 
Ben Mathieu/EPA 
Will Lindsey/EPA 
Jamie Miller/EPA 
Carolina Balliew/EPA 
Emma Rott/EPA 
Katherine Jenkins/EPA 
 Charlie Partridge/EPA


Re: Comment letter for the Butte Priority Soils Operable Unit (BPSOU) Draft Final Residential Metals Abatement Program (RMAP) Quality Assurance Project Plan (QAPP) (Non-Residential Parcels and Residential Daycares) (dated February 26, 2025)

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