The EPA announced in a recent press release that “W.R. Grace, a global supplier of specialty chemicals, has agreed to pay $250 million, the highest sum in the history of the Superfund program, to reimburse the federal government for the costs of the investigation and cleanup of asbestos contamination in Libby, Mont., the Justice Department and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced today.”

This decision is just one of many against W.R. Grace after it was discovered that the company allegedly knowingly contaminated the Libby, Montana community and residents with asbestos from its vermiculite mines between 1963 and 1990.  It is estimated that up to 225 asbestos related deaths have occurred in the community.