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ASARCO to pay over $59 million for damages and cleanup costs at Denver smelting facility

Journal Article · · Hazardous Waste Consultant
OSTI ID:441223

Since 1901, ASARCO, Inc. has owned and operated an 89-acre cadmium-refining smelter in the Globeville neighborhood of north Denver, Colorado. According to complaints filed by EPA and local residents, operations at the smelter have allegedly contaminated the air, ground water, surface water, and soil; contamination from arsenic, cadmium, lead, and zinc has occurred both onsite and offsite. EPA proposed to add the site to the National Priorities List (NPL) in May 1993.

OSTI ID:
441223
Journal Information:
Hazardous Waste Consultant, Journal Name: Hazardous Waste Consultant Journal Issue: 6 Vol. 11; ISSN 0738-0232; ISSN HWCOEH
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English