Superfund Site

Trout Creek Coal Derailment

Bridge 57 Over Clark Fork River Near Trout Creek, Trout Creek, MT 59874
National Priorities List: No
Status: Active
Trout Creek Coal Derailment is a superfund site located at Bridge 57 Over Clark Fork River Near Trout Creek, Trout Creek, MT 59874. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) identifies sites such as Trout Creek Coal Derailment because they pose or had once posed a potential risk to human health and/or the environment due to contamination by one or more hazardous wastes. Trout Creek Coal Derailment is currently registered as an Active superfund site by the EPA. However, it is not on the NPL (National Priorities List), which means the EPA does not consider it one of the nation's most hazardous waste sites.