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Clean it Up! CLEAN IT UP!!!!

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The Northside of Missoula is my neighborhood. My slice of American Pie This is where I have chosen to live with the ones I love. This is where we work, where we recreate, where we dig in the ground to grow gardens, where our children play and where we have found home. Who made the mess? And yes - Huttig Building Products Inc. still exists, and yes - they have money.  What did they leave behind? The current Montana Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) proposed "Final" Cleanup Plan defines the boundary of my neighborhood, including 20 undeveloped acres in a prime location, as commericial/light industrial. As a result Our neighborhood is NOT satisfied with this clean up plan.   There is no reason - no technical, no logistical, no financial - no reason that a residential clean up can not be attained.  There are 10 days left in the public comment period.   I vacillate between a sure feeling that the bureaucrats in Helena have ...