Libby, Montana May Receive Emergency Declaration by EPA

In January 2009, Lisa Jackson, the Obama administration’s nominee to assume the directorship of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has stated that if she is approved, she plans to meet with leaders in Libby, Montana and would reconsider a controversial 2002 EPA ruling that meant a public health emergency was not declared for Libby.

Libby was designated a Superfund site in 2002, after an invesitgation into the vermiculite mine operated by W. R. Grace Libby found that asbestos-contaminated vermiculate had been processed. Hundreds of current and former Libby residents have become ill with serious asbestos diseases resulting from the asbestos-containing vermiculate.

Exposure to asbestos is known to cause serious diseases such as mesothelioma, asbestos-related lung cancer and asbestosis.

Weitz & Luxenberg is a leading plaintiffs' law firm that has represented people affected by mesothelioma for over 20 years. Men and women diagnosed with mesothelioma caused by asbestos exposure may be entitled to compensation from the companies responsible for their disease.

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