Editing Frenchtown, Montana (section)

== Smurfit-Stone mill ==
[[File:Smurfit Stone Frenchtown Montana 4.jpg|thumb|left|[[Smurfit-Stone Container|Smurfit-Stone]], Frenchtown, MT]]
[[File:Control room balcony.jpg|thumb|View of main equipment hall from control room balcony, September 2020.]]
[[File:Smurfit-Stone switching engine.jpg|thumb|A small diesel locomotive abandoned at the mill's loading docks.]]
In September 2015, the [[United States Environmental Protection Agency|EPA]] announced that it was close to an agreement for testing and [[environmental remediation]] of Frenchtown's [[Smurfit-Stone Container|Smurfit-Stone Container Corp.]] mill site.<ref>{{Cite web|title = EPA pledges progress in 'month or two' at former Smurfit site|url = http://missoulian.com/news/local/epa-pledges-progress-in-month-or-two-at-former-smurfit/article_71b94c88-dc2c-50bc-8b40-60b1da8f8c80.html|access-date = 2015-10-03|first = Martin|last = Kidston|website = [[Missoulian]]|date = 2015-10-03}}</ref> Contaminants on the site include [[Dioxins and dioxin-like compounds|dioxins]] and [[Toxic heavy metal|heavy metals]], which has raised concerns that the site might be eligible for the federal [[Superfund]] list.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Former Frenchtown mill site may need Superfund cleanup|url = http://missoulian.com/news/local/former-frenchtown-mill-site-may-need-superfund-cleanup/article_7f8c19aa-fd31-11e1-a76c-001a4bcf887a.html|access-date = 2015-10-03|first = Rob|last = Chaney|website = Missoulian|date = September 13, 2012}}</ref> The [[paper mill]], which produced [[containerboard]], "began production in 1957 under Waldorf Paper Products Co. of [[Saint Paul, Minnesota|St. Paul, MN]]."<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.logging.org/pdf_files/SMURFIT_STONE.PDF|title = Investment group buys Smurfit's Frenchtown mill|date = May 5, 2011|access-date = 2015-10-03|website = Missoulian via logging.com|last = Briggeman|first = Kim}}</ref> The mill employed 417 workers at the time of its closure in 2010.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Smurfit-Stone closure: Towns struggle to put old mill sites to use|url = http://missoulian.com/news/local/smurfit-stone-closure-towns-struggle-to-put-old-mill-sites/article_2e5413c8-f82d-11de-a10f-001cc4c002e0.html|access-date = 2015-10-03|first = Betsy|last = Cohen|date = January 3, 2010|website = Missoulian}}</ref> A meeting was held in February 2017 to create a Community Advisory Group to work with the Superfund grantmaking process. Cleanup of PCBs at the mill site was ongoing as of April 2017.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://missoulian.com/news/local/investigations-into-pcbs-berms-ongoing-at-frenchtown-superfund-site/article_f9d9fb6e-2029-5c51-a852-10d5f01e7d9b.html|title=Investigations into PCBs, berms ongoing at Frenchtown Superfund site|last=Briggeman|first=Kim|work=missoulian.com|access-date=2017-07-01|language=en}}</ref> As the second largest taxpayer in Missoula county, the mill was the source of nearly 20% ($134281) of the Frenchtown fire district's budget, and 21.7% ($825,976) of the Frenchtown school district's budget.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Missoulian|first=BETSY COHEN of the|title=Smurfit-Stone to permanently close Frenchtown mill|url=https://missoulian.com/news/local/smurfit-stone-to-permanently-close-frenchtown-mill/article_9411ca4e-e8d2-11de-a2a0-001cc4c03286.html|access-date=2021-01-23|website=missoulian.com|language=en}}</ref>
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