( July 8, 2026, 8:11 AM EDT) -- MISSOULA, Mont. — The owner and operator of a former aluminum smelting plant in northwest Montana has agreed to reimburse the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency $1.8 million for past response costs, pay future response costs and complete more than $57 million in cleanup work to resolve claims brought under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) and corresponding state Superfund law arising from the release of hazardous substances at the site of the shuttered facility....