EPA United States Environmental Protection Agency EPA Region 8 Announces the Third Five-Year Review for the Libby Asbestos Superfund Site EPA, in cooperation with the state of Montana, is conducting the third five-year review of the Libby Asbestos Superfund site in Lincoln County, Montana. Five-year reviews evaluate remedies to determine whether they remain protective of human health and the environment. This five-year review will be released in 2025. Vermiculite mining operations just outside of Libby resulted in asbestos contamination in the towns of Libby, Troy, and surrounding areas. Since 2014, EPA has been working to understand and address this contamination. The site is broken into eight areas or Operable Units. Seven of the eight operable units have been remediated, or cleaned. This review will evaluate if the remedies put in place for those areas continues to protect human health and the environment. Operable Unit 3, the former mine area, is the only operable unit that has not yet been cleaned, so a remedy for that unit cannot be evaluated in this five-year review. We want to hear from you! Community members are encouraged to share information that may be helpful in the five-year review process. Community members who have questions or who would like to be interviewed are asked to contact EPA by January 1, 2025: Beth Archer EPA Community Involvement Coordinator Phone: 720-512-1917 Email: archer.elizabeth@epa.gov More information is available online: www.epa.gov/superfund/libby-asbestos. EPA United States Environmental Protection Agency EPA Region 8 Announces the Third Five - Year Review for the Libby Asbestos Superfund Site EPA , in cooperation with the state of Montana , is conducting the third five - year review of the Libby Asbestos Superfund site in Lincoln County , Montana . Five - year reviews evaluate remedies to determine whether they remain protective of human health and the environment . This five - year review will be released in 2025 . Vermiculite mining operations just outside of Libby resulted in asbestos contamination in the towns of Libby , Troy , and surrounding areas . Since 2014 , EPA has been working to understand and address this contamination . The site is broken into eight areas or Operable Units . Seven of the eight operable units have been remediated , or cleaned . This review will evaluate if the remedies put in place for those areas continues to protect human health and the environment . Operable Unit 3 , the former mine area , is the only operable unit that has not yet been cleaned , so a remedy for that unit cannot be evaluated in this five - year review . We want to hear from you ! Community members are encouraged to share information that may be helpful in the five - year review process . Community members who have questions or who would like to be interviewed are asked to contact EPA by January 1 , 2025 : Beth Archer EPA Community Involvement Coordinator Phone : 720-512-1917 Email : archer.elizabeth@epa.gov More information is available online : www.epa.gov/superfund/libby-asbestos .