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American Smelting and Refining Company (ASARCO) Bankruptcy Settlement
EPA Funded Sites and Communities

ASARCO Bankruptcy Settlement Resources

Through its successful settlement in the ASARCO bankruptcy, EPA will be able to clean up and bring into compliance 26 sites and facilities throughout the country. The full payment, plus interest, that EPA will receive for its sites alone will address a wide variety of environmental contamination, from arsenic to zinc.

Funds are being distributed pursuant to settlement agreements approved in 2007, 2008 and as most recently in June 2009 and will result in an estimated cleanup of at least 10.5 million cubic yards of contaminated soil, or enough to cover more than 1,960 football fields with three feet of dirt, and at least 5 million cubic yards of contaminated ground water, which is enough to fill over 1,500 Olympic size swimming pools.

All of the work brought about through the bankruptcy settlement will make communities safer and cleaner. States and other federal agencies are receiving funding to clean up over 60 sites and facilities.

The following is a brief overview of the 26 EPA funded sites and facilities.

Barker
Big River Mine Tailings/St. Joe Minerals
Bunker Hill/Coeur d’Alene
California Gulch
Cherokee County
Circle Smelting Corporation
Coy Mine
East Helena
El Paso County/Dona Ana County Metals

El Paso Smelter
Federal Mine Tailing
Federated Metals-Whiting
Hayden Smelter
Jack Waite Mine
Madison County Mines Project
Murray Smelter
Newton County Mine Tailings
Omaha Lead
Oronogo-Duenweg Mining Belt
Richardson Flat Tailings
Stephenson-Bennett Mine
Tacoma Smelter
Tar Creek
Taylor Springs
Terrible Mine
Vasquez Boulevard/Interstate-70

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Barker, Judith Basin County, Montana

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Big River Mine Tailings/St. Joe Minerals, Desloge, Missouri

For more information on the Big River Mine Tailing Site (PDF) (6pp, 69KB).

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Bunker Hill/Coeur d'Alene, Idaho

For more information on the Bunker Hill/Coeur d'Alene Site.
For more information on the Coeur d'Alene "Box" Site.

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California Gulch, Leadville, Colorado

For more information on the California Gulch Site.

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Cherokee County, Kansas

For more information on the Cherokee County Site (PDF) (11pp, 56KB).

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Circle Smelting Corporation, Beckemeyer, Illinois

For more information on the Circle Smelting Corporation Site .

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Coy Mine Site, Jefferson County, Tennessee

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East Helena, Montana

For more information on the East Helena Site.

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El Paso County/Dona Ana County Metals, El Paso, Texas

For more information on the El Paso County/Dona Ana County Metals Site.

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El Paso Smelter, El Paso, Texas

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Federal Mine Tailing, Missouri

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Federated Metals-Whiting Site, Hammond, Indiana

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Hayden Smelter, Hayden and Winkelman, Arizona

For more information on the Hayden Smelter site.

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Jack Waite Mine Site, Couer d'Alene National Forest, Idaho

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Madison County Mines Project (includes Catherine Mine), Madison County, Missouri

For more information on the Madison County Mines Project Superfund Site (PDF) (6pp, 47KB).

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Murray Smelter, Murray City, Utah

For more information on the Murray Smelter Superfund Site.

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Newton County Mine Tailings, Newton County, Missouri

For more information on the Newton County Mine Tailings Site (PDF) (4pp, 40KB).

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Omaha Lead, Nebraska

For more information on the Omaha Lead Superfund Site (PDF) (6pp, 66KB).

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Oronogo-Duenweg Mining Belt Superfund Site, Jasper County, Missouri

For more information on the Oronogo-Duenweg Mining Best Superfund Site (PDF) (6pp, 39KB).

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Richardson Flat Tailings Site, Park City, Utah

For more information on the Richardson Flat Tailings Superfund Site.

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Stephenson-Bennett Mine Site, New Mexico

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Tacoma Smelter Site, Tacoma, Washington

For more information on the ASARCO Tacoma Smelter Superfund site.

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Tar Creek, Ottowa County, Oklahoma

For more information on the Tar Creek Superfund Site.

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Taylor Springs Site, Taylor Springs, Illinois

For more information on the Taylor Springs site.

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Terrible Mine Site, Isle Westcliffe, Colorado

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Vasquez Boulevard/Interstate-70 Site, Denver, Colorado

For more information on the Vasquez Boulevard/Interstate 70 Site (PDF) (6pp, 69KB).

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