Case Study: Asarco Facilitating the cost-effective and safe decontamination, decommissioning and demolition of a former smelting and refining plant in El Paso, Texas, ready for redevelopment. Background After a 100 year history of smelting and refining in El Paso, Texas, Asarco entered into a bankruptcy settlement of its environmental liabilities. The clean- up of the former operations in El Paso is being led by the Texas Custodial Trust (Roberto Puga, Trustee). The Trust’s objectives were to maximize asset recovery while safely preparing the site for the remediation and eventual redevelopment. During its 100 years of operation, the El Paso facility had been used for smelting a range of metals, including lead, zinc, cadmium, arsenic and copper. Asset identification and recovery from the si

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