DEQ, EPA announce Park City Schools asbestos case from December is completed

By: Darrell Ehrlick

Outlets: Daily Montanan

Published: March 5, 2026

Words: 299

Last Updated: 5 days, 4 hours ago

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The Montana Department of Environmental Quality and the United States Environmental Protection Agency announced that the clean-up and remediation of asbestos at the Park City Schools has been completed after a December windstorm tore the roof off a building, causing insulation containing asbestos to spread around the town.

The sudden storm on Dec. 17, 2025, which received a federal emergency declaration order, ripped the roof off part of the school’s structure, doing damage to the …

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