No sooner had the EPA established the Superfund program in 1980 to clean up the nations toxic waste dumps and other abandoned hazardous waste sites, than a little Montana town found itself topping the new programs National Priority List. Milltown, a place too small to warrant a listing in the U.S. Census, sat alongside a modest hydroelectric dam at the confluence of the Clark Fork and Blackfoot Rivers. For threequarters of a century, arseniclaced waste from some of the worlds largest coppermining operations had accumulated behind the dam. Soon, Milltown became the site of Superfunds first dam removal and watershed restoration, marking a turning point in U.S. environmental history. The story of this dramatic shift is the tale of individuals rallying to reclaim a place they valued beyond its utility.In Restoring the Shining Waters, David Brooks gives an intimate account of how local citizenshomeowners, university scientists, county health officials, grassroots environmentalists, business leaders, and thousands of engaged residentsbrought about the removal of Milltown Dam. Interviews with townspeople, outside environmentalists, mining executives, and federal officials reveal how the everyday actions of individuals got the dam removed and, in the process, pushed Superfund to allow more public participation in decision making and to emphasize restoration over containment of polluted environments. A federal program designed to deal with the toxic legacies ofindustrialization...

Binding: Paperback;280 pages; Publisher: Longleaf Services on behalf of University of Oklah; Classification: HBG; Weight: 368 g; Dimensions: 229 x 152

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