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Timeline of Asarco in El Paso, Texas
NPR: In December, the Justice Department announced a settlement in one of the largest environmental bankruptcies in U.S. history.
The American Smelting and Refining Company, known as Asarco, will pay a record $1.79 billion to settle claims for hazardous waste pollution at 80 sites in as many as 20 states.
Cleanup will begin this year on one of Asarco’s most notorious properties — the copper smelter in El Paso, Texas.
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