'Incredible transformation': EPA honors redevelopment of former East Helena smelter site

'Incredible transformation': EPA honors redevelopment of former East Helena smelter site

Local organizations overseeing the land of the former ASARCO lead smelting plant received the Phoenix Award on Thursday for their work redeveloping the previously contaminated area.

Award given for East Helena smelter site redevelopment

Those who have been working on the former East Helena ASARCO smelter site are now the recipients of a prestigious nationwide award.The Phoenix Award is given through the United States Environmental Protection Agency for excellence in brownfield redevelopment. "This community has had to come to grips with their identity," said Cindy Brooks, the managing principal for the Montana Environmental Trust Group. "For their entire existence, they were a …