Asarco history vital in El Paso site cleanup
Asarco history vital in El Paso site cleanup
Oct 17, 2011 (El Paso Times - McClatchy-Tribune Information Services via COMTEX) -- Before the century-old Asarco refinery closed in 1999, workers sweated above smelting furnaces replacing fire bricks as they melted, donned protective clothing to crawl into acid tanks temporarily drained for repairs and performed other dangerous jobs.
Drawing on decades of cumulative experience, those employees are now working with Roberto Puga, the Asarco trustee in charge of the $52 million demolition and cleanup, to locate places where acids leaked and other spills or dumping of dangerous chemicals might have occurred. Samples have been taken at many of the sites pointed out by the former workers during a tour in March.
And they are petitioning for more.
Although media were not allowed to accompany workers on the March tour, a written report describes some of those sites and former workers gathered earlier this week to fill in details of what happened in those locations.
"It would be fair to say that about half of the testing is a result of input we've received from the ex-Asarco workers," Puga said.
The total cost of testing will approach $450,000, Puga said. Analysis of some of the first tests showed nothing unexpected, he said. But some samples still are being analyzed and another round of soil testing is scheduled
after the buildings and other structures are demolished.
Workers also have asked for other testing that might reveal some contents of hazardous material that was illegally processed at the site in the 1990s.
In particular, they are asking for testing of waste-heat boiler bricks. Those bricks were not subjected to the intense heat of the furnaces and were not replaced as often. Former employees also are requesting that soil under those boilers and material inside the tallest smokestack be tested. Puga said he is in discussions with the former employees to get more information before a decision is made.
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Oct 17, 2011 (El Paso Times - McClatchy-Tribune Information Services via COMTEX) -- Before the century-old Asarco refinery closed in 1999, workers sweated above smelting furnaces replacing fire bricks as they melted, donned protective clothing to crawl
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Recasting the Smelter | Former ASARCO Smelter Site, El Paso, TX
Before the century-old Asarco refinery closed in 1999, workers sweated above smelting furnaces replacing fire bricks as they melted, donned protective clothing to crawl into acid tanks temporarily drained for repairs and performed other dangerous jobs.
Drawing on decades of cumulative experience, those employees are now working with Roberto Puga, the Asarco trustee in charge of the $52 million demolition and cleanup, to locate places where acids leaked and other spills or dumping of dangerous chemicals might have occurred. Samples have been taken at many of the sites pointed out by the former workers during a tour in March.
And they are petitioning for more.
Although media were not allowed to accompany workers on the March tour, a written report describes some of those sites and former workers gathered earlier this week to fill in details of what happened in those locations.
“It would be fair to say that about half of the testing is a result of input we’ve received from the ex-Asarco workers,” Puga said.
The total cost of testing will approach $450,000, Puga said. Analysis of some of the first tests showed nothing unexpected, he said. But some samples still are being analyzed and another round of soil testing is scheduled after the buildings and other structures are demolished.
Workers also have asked for other testing that might reveal some contents of hazardous material that was illegally processed at the site in the 1990s.
In particular, they are asking for testing of waste-heat boiler bricks. Those bricks were not subjected to the intense heat of the furnaces and were not replaced as often. Former employees also are requesting that soil under those boilers and material inside the tallest smokestack be tested. Puga said he is in discussions with the former employees to get more information before a decision is made.
Many of these workers were employed for decades at the smelter as were their fathers and grandfathers. Some were born in Smeltertown right next to the plant.
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