Thursday, February 20, 2020

Trump Labor Board Could Determine Outcome Of Monthslong Amarillo Copper Strike

Originally published on February 20, 2020 5:35 pm

From Texas Standard:"Copper workers in Amarillo have been striking for four months and will likely continue. About 150 union members are protesting ASARCO's plan to freeze pensions and increase health insurance costs. Gus Bova has been reporting about the strike for the Texas Observer. ."..Written by Caroline Covington.Copyright 2020 KUT 90.5

Friday, September 13, 2019

..."The Eagle Ford dock was previously the site of a commercial waste-management facility under the ownership of ASARCO LLC subsidiary Encycle. Due to environmental litigation, the companies entered bankruptcy in 2005 and ASARCO made any agreement with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to put $10 million of a nearly $2 billion settlement toward cleaning up the Corpus Christi site.

In 2014, Eagle Ford Terminals bought the 72-acre site from Encycle and began removing what remained of the former waste-management facility, finishing cleanup on the site in 2016..."

https://www.bizjournals.com/sanantonio/news/2019/09/13/crudecarrying-ship-pulls-into-new-corpus-christi.html

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We know know that Asarco, Dupont and Englehard --- all caught by EPA and the US DOJ as sending illegal wastes to be burned here (the EPA still refused to release the invoices listed by ID numbers in the 1998 73 page US DOJ EPA secret document NYTimes 10/2006) were US DOE HIGH LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL CONTRACTORS. TO THIS DAY none of them have been held responsible through the bankruptcy court for ANY of the illegal waste disposal damage to our community and its water. It is very likely that they hid under the protection of the 1940's Atomic energy act (see book on rocky flats plutonium site by Karen Iversen).

Sample FOIA request Letter

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region VI

Attn: Freedom of Information Officer (6MD-00)

1445 Ross Ave

Dallas, TX 75202-2733

Re: FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT REQUEST

Dear Sir or Madam:

Pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act, 5 U.S.C. § 552, we request a copy of all documents, ((from January, 2007 to present, pertaining to the __________________... add your specific description)).

If any documents or items are withheld, please identify the exemption under which you believe such materials may be withheld from disclosure. To the extent any exemption is claimed with respect to a document, please produce so much of such document that is not covered by any claimed exemption. We reserve the right to appeal your decision to withhold any information.

In compliance with the Freedom of Information Act, we will pay reasonable charges incurred for search and copying costs [- - add this part if you need a limit of charges: “up to $25.00” (($25.00 is the default)]. In the event that there are a substantial number of responsive documents, we would appreciate the opportunity to review all responsive documents.

Please reply to this request within the next twenty (20) working days, as required by the Freedom of Information Act. If you have any questions or comments, please call ____________.

Sincerely,

Asarco secret document mcmurray 73 page 1998 conf settlement purposes only epa usdoj asarco

Hafnium

Thursday, February 20, 2020

Trump Labor Board Could Determine Outcome Of Monthslong Amarillo Copper Strike

Friday, September 13, 2019

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