[note: God had to have been involved, 2024; errata, the ep gtlo was started by mcmurray as splinter group, when the "get the lead out" (GTLO/senator shapleigh) group failed to meet over long long periods, the SPEG group was a kids' group 2 mi from epicenter, let by taylor moore esq - mcmurray attended regularly. The local sierra club refused to endorse the press conference & only the sierra club employee was there. ][Pps this newswire was paid out of pocket ($300.00) by teacher h.mcmurray as there were no other funds. Epgtlo and speg were not funded
NEWS
(PRN) Asarco Texas Smelter Secretly Burned Toxic Waste for Nearly a Decade
Oct 9, 2006
EPA-Federal Department of Justice (D.O.J.) papers documenting the illegal
burning were sealed from news reporters, and public -- until now
EL PASO, Texas, Oct. 9 /PRNewswire/ -- El Paso Get the Lead Out and Sunland Park Grassroots Environmental Group will release formerly confidential EPA-Federal Department of Justice (D.O.J.) documents at 5:30 MDT, 11-October- 2006 in a National Press Conference. The group will meet across from the El Paso Asarco smelter, on the access road paralleling Paisano (near old Smelter Town and the IBWC American Dam Offices).
"SHAM RECYCLING"
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Asarco illegally burned hazardous waste sent from Corpus Christi
Asarco used their new Con-Top furnaces for this "Sham Recycling," calling it "Energy Recovery" A smoking-gun EPA internal memo shows how top environmental officials were worried that metals testing might uncover what had happened in El Paso, TX and at Asarco-Encycle in Corpus Christi.
The El Paso GTLO, Concerned Citizens of Sunland Park and concerned groups want the Asarco Contamination exposed, the responsible officials to step down, and correct clean-up to begin.
Contact Information:
Heather McMurray
El Paso Get the Lead Out
Sunland Park Grassroots Environmental Group
heamc@earthlink.net (915) 539-3388 This release was issued through eReleases(TM). For more information, visit http://www.ereleases.com.
Oct 9, 2006
