{"id":28153,"date":"2026-06-15T07:07:02","date_gmt":"2026-06-15T13:07:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/westernlaw.org\/?p=28153"},"modified":"2026-06-15T07:13:40","modified_gmt":"2026-06-15T13:13:40","slug":"pondera-county-local-landowners-conservationists-sue-epa-to-protect-madison-aquifer-from-industrial-wastewater-injection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/westernlaw.org\/es\/pondera-county-local-landowners-conservationists-sue-epa-to-protect-madison-aquifer-from-industrial-wastewater-injection\/","title":{"rendered":"El condado de Pondera, los propietarios locales y los conservacionistas demandan a la EPA para proteger el acu\u00edfero de Madison de la inyecci\u00f3n de aguas residuales industriales.\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"

Los comisionados del condado de Pondera presentaron una demanda contra la Agencia de Protecci\u00f3n Ambiental el viernes 12 de junio. desafiante<\/a> La decisi\u00f3n de la agencia de eximir una parte del acu\u00edfero Madison en el condado de las protecciones de la Ley de Agua Potable Segura. La exenci\u00f3n y los permisos correspondientes permitir\u00e1n a Montana Renewables, una empresa de biocombustibles con sede en Great Falls, transportar aguas residuales industriales de alta concentraci\u00f3n desde su refiner\u00eda en Great Falls e inyectarlas en el acu\u00edfero Madison a trav\u00e9s de dos pozos de petr\u00f3leo y gas en desuso ubicados a unos 11 kil\u00f3metros al suroeste de la ciudad de Valier.<\/p>\n

La Coalici\u00f3n del Acu\u00edfero de Madison (una agrupaci\u00f3n de propietarios locales y residentes del condado), el Consejo de Recursos del Tri\u00e1ngulo Dorado y la Alianza Glacier-Two Medicine se unieron al condado de Pondera para presentar la demanda, con Earthjustice y el Centro de Derecho Ambiental Occidental como representantes legales.<\/p>\n

Los grupos sostienen que la EPA se equivoc\u00f3 al determinar que las aguas residuales industriales no contaminar\u00e1n los acu\u00edferos menos profundos que actualmente sirven como fuentes de agua potable o agr\u00edcola, o que la porci\u00f3n exenta del acu\u00edfero Madison nunca podr\u00eda ser una fuente viable de agua potable en el futuro.<\/p>\n

\u201cLa EPA se bas\u00f3 en un modelo obsoleto y en suposiciones sumamente inexactas sobre la geolog\u00eda, la calidad del agua y la viabilidad econ\u00f3mica del acu\u00edfero Madison como fuente de agua potable para llegar a su decisi\u00f3n miope de permitir que Montana Renewables contaminara este acu\u00edfero\u201d, dijo. Zane Drishinski, comisionado del condado de Pondera, agricultor y ganadero.<\/b>. \u201cLas comunidades rurales del centro de Montana dependen cada vez m\u00e1s de acu\u00edferos cada vez m\u00e1s profundos, como el de Madison, para su suministro de agua, y la Comisi\u00f3n simplemente quiere preservar la capacidad de los habitantes de nuestro condado para hacerlo de forma segura\u201d.\u201d<\/p>\n

Una sequ\u00eda prolongada reciente, junto con modelos de predicci\u00f3n clim\u00e1tica que indican una reducci\u00f3n de las precipitaciones en esta parte de Montana en el futuro, tiene preocupados a ganaderos como Lisa Schmidt.<\/p>\n

\u201cMi sustento, como el de la mayor\u00eda de mis vecinos, depende del acceso al agua potable\u201d, dijo. Lisa Schmidt, miembro de la Coalici\u00f3n del Acu\u00edfero de Madison, administra un rancho de ovejas y ganado de 131 a\u00f1os de antig\u00fcedad.<\/b>. \u201cCada a\u00f1o, el suministro de agua es menos fiable. No tiene sentido para m\u00ed poner en mayor riesgo nuestros fr\u00e1giles recursos h\u00eddricos vertiendo aguas residuales industriales en el acu\u00edfero de Madison.\u201d<\/p>\n

La EPA otorg\u00f3 la exenci\u00f3n para el acu\u00edfero el mes pasado, junto con dos permisos al propietario del pozo, Montalban Oil and Gas Operations, para autorizar expl\u00edcitamente a Montana Renewables a inyectar m\u00e1s de 232 000 galones de aguas residuales industriales por d\u00eda en el acu\u00edfero Madison. Estas aguas residuales industriales, un subproducto de la fabricaci\u00f3n de biocombustibles para el transporte como el "biodi\u00e9sel renovable" o el "combustible de aviaci\u00f3n sostenible", se est\u00e1n enviando actualmente fuera del estado, ya que est\u00e1n demasiado contaminadas para ser tratadas por la planta de tratamiento de aguas residuales de la ciudad de Great Falls.<\/p>\n

\u201cEl agua potable es esencial para nuestra econom\u00eda agr\u00edcola y ganadera y para nuestra calidad de vida en el condado de Pondera\u201d, dijo Jim Morren, comisionado del condado de Pondera<\/b>. \u201cLa decisi\u00f3n miope de la EPA es particularmente frustrante porque existe una alternativa de sentido com\u00fan, una soluci\u00f3n que no pone en riesgo el agua de los agricultores, ganaderos y residentes rurales, y esa soluci\u00f3n es el tratamiento.\u2019<\/p>\n

En 2024, Montana Renewables recibi\u00f3 una garant\u00eda de pr\u00e9stamo de 1.670 millones de d\u00f3lares del Departamento de Energ\u00eda de EE. UU. para expandir su producci\u00f3n de biocombustibles. El acuerdo inclu\u00eda financiaci\u00f3n y directrices para que Montana Renewables construyera una planta de tratamiento de aguas residuales en su refiner\u00eda de Great Falls. En julio de 2025, Montana Renewables se comprometi\u00f3 p\u00fablicamente a construir dicha planta. A pesar de este compromiso, la empresa se ha negado a descartar la eliminaci\u00f3n de aguas residuales mediante inyecci\u00f3n subterr\u00e1nea en el condado de Pondera.<\/p>\n

\u201cLa exenci\u00f3n inicial estaba justo en el fondo de cada pozo\u201d, dijo. Millie Whalen del Consejo de Recursos del Tri\u00e1ngulo Dorado<\/b>. \u201cCuando nosotros y otros se\u00f1alamos todas las razones por las que era probable que las aguas residuales inyectadas no se quedaran all\u00ed, como las grietas naturales caracter\u00edsticas de las formaciones k\u00e1rsticas, los pozos mal sellados que salpican el paisaje, la presi\u00f3n de inyecci\u00f3n y el propio reconocimiento de la EPA de las conexiones hidrol\u00f3gicas, la EPA simplemente ampli\u00f3 la exenci\u00f3n en lugar de realizar el an\u00e1lisis minucioso necesario.\u201d<\/p>\n

El condado y otros grupos involucrados en la demanda presentada hoy llevan casi dos a\u00f1os y medio luchando contra la inyecci\u00f3n subterr\u00e1nea. Durante todo ese tiempo, el inspector sanitario y la junta de salud del condado de Pondera han solicitado repetidamente muestras de aguas residuales a Montana Renewables, pero sus solicitudes han sido rechazadas.<\/p>\n

\u201cEn la reuni\u00f3n p\u00fablica inicial de enero de 2024, el director ejecutivo de Montana Renewables, Bruce Fleming, afirm\u00f3 que las aguas residuales eran tan limpias que se pod\u00edan beber\u201d.\u201d Corrine Rose, Sanitaria del Condado de Pondera<\/b> recordamos: \u201cSin embargo, se niegan a proporcionar una muestra al condado, y los resultados de laboratorio que entregaron a la EPA indican que estas aguas residuales son muy peligrosas. Antes de que estas aguas residuales industriales de alta concentraci\u00f3n se viertan en nuestro acu\u00edfero, queremos que la EPA exija mayor transparencia, an\u00e1lisis y monitoreo\u201d.\u201d<\/p>\n

El transporte de las aguas residuales requerir\u00eda que varias docenas de camiones circularan diariamente por caminos rurales de ranchos, lo que crear\u00eda peligros potenciales para la infraestructura del condado, la seguridad p\u00fablica y la fauna local.<\/p>\n

\u201cLos pozos est\u00e1n situados cerca de Dupuyer Creek, que proporciona un h\u00e1bitat importante y un corredor de dispersi\u00f3n para los osos grizzly\u201d, dijo. Peter Metcalf, director ejecutivo de Glacier-Two Medicine Alliance, una organizaci\u00f3n conservacionista con sede en East Glacier centrada en la protecci\u00f3n de las tierras p\u00fablicas, las aguas y la vida silvestre locales.<\/b>. \u201cAdem\u00e1s de los impactos en el agua potable, este proyecto mal concebido podr\u00eda tener efectos reales en los osos pardos y otros peces y animales salvajes de la zona, todo lo cual podr\u00eda evitarse tratando las aguas residuales en el lugar.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cEstamos profundamente decepcionados con la EPA por no proteger a nuestra comunidad rural y nuestra agua, y con Montana Renewables por intentar imponernos sus aguas residuales cuando existe una alternativa viable\u201d, dijo. Tom Kuka, comisionado del condado de Pondera, ganadero y miembro de la tribu Blackfeet.<\/b>. \u201cSimplemente le pedimos al tribunal que invalide esta exenci\u00f3n del acu\u00edfero y que Montana Renewables sea un buen vecino y trate sus aguas residuales.\u201d<\/p>\n

Contactos:<\/b><\/p>\n

Andrew Hawley, <\/b>Centro de Derecho Ambiental del Oeste, 206-487-7250, hawley@westernlaw.org<\/a><\/p>\n

Jim Morren, Zane Drishinski o Tom Kuka, <\/b>Comisionados del Condado de Pondera, 406-271-4010, commissioner@ponderacountymt.gov<\/a><\/p>\n

Corrine Rose,<\/b> Sanitario del condado de Pondera, 406-271-4020, sanitarian@ponderacountymt.gov<\/a><\/p>\n

Lisa Schmidt, <\/b>Coalici\u00f3n del Acu\u00edfero de Madison, 406-728-0159, lschmidt@a-land-of-grass-ranch.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Mildred Whalen,<\/b> Consejo de Recursos del Tri\u00e1ngulo Dorado, mwhalen729@verizon.net<\/a><\/p>\n

Caitlin Cromwell, <\/b>Consejo de Recursos de las Grandes Llanuras del Norte, 406-248-1154, caitlin@northernplains.org<\/a><\/p>\n

Peter Metcalf,<\/b> Alianza Glacier-Two Medicine, 406-434-6223, peter@glaciertwomedicine.org<\/a><\/p>\n

Jenny Harbine,<\/b> Justicia Terrestre, 406-223-7781, jharbine@earthjustice.org<\/a><\/p>\n

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