What is the Basin Environmental Improvement Project Commission?
In 1983, the United States Environmental Protection Agency listed the Bunker Hill Mining and Metallurgical Complex in Northern Idaho as a Superfund...
In 1983, the United States Environmental Protection Agency listed the Bunker Hill Mining and Metallurgical Complex in Northern Idaho as a Superfund site due to the high level of heavy metals that had been released into the environment by mining operations. The initial Bunker Hill remediation (clean-up) area was restricted to a 21 square mile area around Kellogg called 'The Box.' In 2002, EPA released an Interim Record of Decision, officially expanding the scope of the clean-up to the entire Coeur d'Alene Basin outside of 'The Box.