Energy Renewal Partners who is cleaning up ASARCO ENCYCLE worked for Carlyle/Riverstone Holdings

"Some of the clients our employees have supported include:

• Carlyle/Riverstone Holdings"

http://www.energyrenewalpartners.com/

More than 3 million dollars slated for asbestos removal at ASARCO site that sent untracked-unmanifested hazardous wastes for disposal for years to E. Helena MT and El Paso TX

"Asbestos removal and demolition of the Encycle/ASARCO plant approved

Corpus Christi, Texas - December 19, 2010

U.S. Bankruptcy Court has approved a $3.6 million contract to demolish 50 buildings, silos and storage tanks and remove asbestos at the Encycle/ASARCO plant in Corpus Christi, Texas....According to the agreement between the bankruptcy trustee and Energy Renewal Partners, the project deadline is May 29, 2013 and seven general use buildings will not be demolished, but rather offered for sale once demolition of the other structures is complete."

http://www.mesothelioma.com/news/2010/12/asbestos-removal-and-demolition-of-the-encycleasarco-plant-approved.htm

"Asarco tries to revive its own EPA records lawsuit" While ASARCO still conceals details of its decade of multi-state illegal hazardous waste handling/incineration...

"Google Alerts
Asarco tries to revive its own EPA records lawsuit
Washington Examiner
AP Business Writer The Asarco mining company wants to revive its public-records lawsuit over Environmental Protection Agency information about lead ..."

While ASARCO still conceals details of its decade of multi-state illegal hazardous waste handling/incineration...

Grupo Mexico : " FULL OWNERSHIP OF ASARCO WITH NO LEGACY LIABILITIES OR CLAIMS" (now *how* did they do THAT?)

"Fitch Upgrades Grupo Mexico & AMC to 'BBB'; Affirms SCC at 'BBB'
Business Wire
Grupo Mexico successfully emerged from the five-year long Asarco bankruptcy proceedings with full ownership of Asarco with no legacy liabilities or claims ..."

fr: Google Alert - asarco bankruptcy

TCEQ testing soil next to ENCYCLE ASARCO for unknown metals

"Soil Testing Near Shuttered Asarco Plant Posted: Nov 12, 2010 5:13 PM by Toni Miles
CORPUS CHRISTI - Field crews with the Texas Commison on Envioronmental Quality are testing the soil in the Dona Park neighborhood [next to ASARCO ENCYCLE].The testing started Friday after a number of residents expressed concerns that there might still be toxic levels of heavy metals in the area....Despite that some residents are still worried the soil might be contaminated and they blame emissions from the [ASARCO] plant for making them sick."
http://www.kristv.com/news/soil-testing-near-shuttered-asarco-plant/

"Nevada Prosecutor has been preparing to file criminal charges" against former ASARCO A.G. Swiss Bank President for gambling debts

Estate of North Shore businessman under judge's control

Oct 07, 2010 18:12 EDT (33 days ago)  on  Chicago Breaking News  (Original Article)

"The [Chicago] Tribune in August first outlined [Mikhail] Katamanian's [President of ASARCO A.G. Swiss bank]  eight-figure debts and the legal battle brewing over his estate since his death in Switzerland at age 53.

The report also outlined how, at the time of Katamanin's death, a Nevada prosecutor had been preparing to file criminal charges against Katamanin over the millions in total that, according to court and casino records, he owned to various Las Vegas gambling establishments.

[The Judge] also appointed Lake County Public Guardian Keith West to oversee the identification and liquidation of Katamanin's assets...Parties in the case are due back in court Nov. 15..."

Investors allege Sham ("spoof") Silver-Futures by HSBC Holdings Plc and JPMorgan Chase & Co.

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-09-25/u-s-state-officials-investigate-after-gmac-halts-evictions.html

Laskaris v. JPMorgan Chase & Co., 10-08157
Beatty v. JPMorgan Chase, 10-08146, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York (Manhattan)

"JPMorgan, HSBC Accused of Manipulating Silver Futures
By Joel Rosenblatt and Bob Van Voris - Oct 27, 2010 10:27 PM MT

"HSBC Holdings Plc and JPMorgan Chase & Co. were accused in an investor’s lawsuit of placing “spoof” trading orders to manipulate silver futures and options prices in violation of U.S. antitrust law....The investor...alleges that starting in March 2008, the banks colluded to suppress silver futures so that call options, or the right to buy, would decline, and put options for the right to sell would increase....A separate, similar complaint filed yesterday....and naming the same banks as defendants, claims a whistleblower contacted the CFTC last year and reported the banks’ conspiracy to suppress prices of silver futures to profit from “enormous” short positions in silver futures"

Grupo Mexico Finance Director from 1994-2003 (and Asarco CEO for 2 yrs) now is on El Tigre Silver Corp. Board

"El Tigre Silver Corp. ("El Tigre" or the "Company") ... is pleased to welcome to its board of directors Mr. Daniel Tellechea....From 2003 to 2005, Mr. Tellechea was President and CEO of Asarco LLC ("Asarco") [Asarco Inc. - it became an LLC in 2005] . Previous to that, from 1994 to 2003, Mr. Tellechea served as the Managing Director of Finance and Administration of Grupo Mexico, Asarco's [present] parent corporation. For the period between 1999 and 2003, he also served as Asarco's Chief Financial Officer and as Vice-President of Finance for Southern Peru Copper Corporation, which was majority owned by Grupo Mexico"
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/el-tigre-appoints-new-director-2010-11-09?reflink=MW_news_stmp

Clients apparently included Asarco AG (Asarco Inc., Asarco SA) President

http://www.marketmicrostructure.org/about.html

"Established in 1999, the European Market Microstructure Institute (Европейский Институт Микроструктуры Рынка) provides Russian institutional investors with market microstructure modeling, quantitative research, consulting, and investment strategies with a focus on market maker behaviour for Eurozone index futures and oil futures....Representative Clients  [included] Bahrain International Bank; Banc Caribe; Bank Menatep (Group Menatep); British Trade and Commerce Bank; CreditTrust; Dialog-Optim Bank; Dr. Bent Hansen; Dr. Frank Modigliani; Dr. Reginald Zelnik; Dr. Richard Holton; Fargoil; Global Direct Dealing AG; Gold Bear (Moscow); Kommerchesky Bank Sberezheny; Mr. Alexander Slesarev; Mr. Andrei Kozlov; Mr. Jean-Pierre Aguilar; Mr. Konstantin Meshcheryakov; Mr. Mikhail Borisovich Khodorkovsky; Mr. Mikhail Katamanin; Mr. Oleg Zhukovsky; Mr. Stephen Curtis; Mr. Vladimir Dubov; Prof. Coimbatore Krishnarao (C.K.) Prahalad; Prof. Kuldeep Shastri; Promeximbank; Ratibor; Ratimer; Sir Clive Granger; Sodbusinessbank; Yukos Oil".

Asarco A.G.'s deceased President Mikhail Katamanin Chicago Lakefront estate to be settled in Lake County, not Russia

October 7, 2010 5:12 PM

".....the Highland Park home -- as well as an adjacent mansion at 975 N. Sheridan Road, in which Katamanin's relatives apparently lived -- were owned by a trust in Katamanin's name.

[the Judge] also appointed Lake County Public Guardian Keith West to oversee the identification and liquidation of Katamanin's assets and then distribute the assets to his heirs and many creditors.

Parties in the case are due back in court Nov. 15, at which time Kennedy said he plans to file a petition to recover assets for Plymouth Consultants."

http://www.chicagobreakingnews.com/2010/10/estate-of-north-shore-businessman-under-judges-control.html

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/northnorthwest/ct-x-n-katamanin-20101015,0,5328102.story

Mansion owned by recently deceased President of the Swiss bank called ASARCO A.G. (Asarco Inc., Asarco SA)

(after you click on this link, look for "play slideshow" to see the slides of the property from the realty database)
Lakefront mansion

"(ASARCO LLC) Bankruptcy Litigation Team Offi ce of the General Counsel, Washington, D.C." "pollution control team"

'American Smelting and Refi ning Company (ASARCO LLC) Bankruptcy Litigation Team OGC: "Pollution Control Team" '
"Image taken on 2010-08-03 13:22:03 by USDAgov" see
http://bankruptcyscotland.com/10di1454-0044-pollution-control-team-american-smelting-and-refi-ning-company-asarco-llc-bankruptcy-litigation-team-ogc.html

"62nd Honor Awards ceremony held on August 3, 2010 in the Thomas Jefferson Auditorium at the U. S. Department of Agriculture in Washington, DC. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and Assistant Secretary for Administration Pearlie Reed present the award to Pollution Control Team - American Smelting and Refining Company (ASARCO LLC) Bankruptcy Litigation Team Offi ce of the General Counsel, Washington, D.C., group leader Ronals S. McClain for successful recovery of over $171 million in the ASARCO LLC bankruptcy to be used for environmental cleanup and natural resources restoration at 12 contaminated sites of Forest Service land."
http://www.flickr.com/photos/usdagov/4859616665/in/photostream/

Project Navigator Trustee Website : public input....... less than one week left and counting

Community has almost the full six weeks left to comment on the first two:
Demolition Health and Safety Plan (HASP), October 8, 2010
Draft Final Site Health and Safety Plan, October 8, 2010


Community has less than a week left to comment on the following:
Draft Community Assurance Plan (CAP), September 2010
Draft Community Relations Plan, September 2010

Asphalt Cap at Asarco El Paso TX more than a foot thick next to storm ponds

[click on image to zoom] This image is from
http://www.recastingthesmelter.com/wp-content/themes/recastingasarco/images/community_scholars_02.jpg

"Malcolm Pirnie responsible for IDENTIFYING ANY DATA GAPS" at the Asarco El Paso site...

"On May 20th [2010] the Site Trustee selected Malcolm Pirnie (www.pirnie.com) as the Environmental Engineering Consultant. Malcolm Pirnie has a high-level of experience successfully completing similar complex remediation jobs in Texas. The initial tasks of the consultant will be to: create an updated Site safety plan, analyze past site data and identify any data gaps and participate in the City’s upcoming charrette process."

Malcolm Pirnie is represented locally by a senior Project Manager and El Paso City School Board Trustee, David Dodge.  Mr. Dodge's resume, online at recastingthesmelter states that he is a member of the Paso del Norte Group. 

Santa Teresa Int. Port of Entry: 10 miles from the Asarco El Paso toxic epi-center

[click on map to zoom it in separate window]

UTEP CERM Director, Project Navigator, and Malcolm Pirnie ASKING FOR STUDENT INTERNS TO WORK at ASARCO EL PASO remediation-site

NO MENTION TO THE STUDENTS ABOUT POTENTIAL EXPOSURE TO UNDISCLOSED TOXINS.  THE EPA TOLD THE DOJ  ASARCO EL PASO HAD CONDUCTED NEARLY TEN YEARS OF ILLEGAL HAZ-WASTE INCINERATION-FOR-PROFIT.   Will these students be given haz-mat protection? 
http://www.recastingthesmelter.com/wp-content/themes/recastingasarco/downloads/UTEP-STUDENT-INTERNSHIPS.pdf

"Successful applicants will be employees of Malcolm Pirnie for one semester, working for 8-10 hrs/week, and assigned to one of the three teams of scientists and engineers working on-site at the ASARCO Remediation Project. Interns will be required to submit a report describing their experience and will be eligible for academic credit. Salary: $12/hr"

TCEQ says that ASARCO contaminated groundwater beneath El Paso Texas (this is within the Rio Grand alluvium)

"In accordance with the 1996 Agreed Order, ASARCO submitted the first Remedial Investigation (RI) Report on October 9, 1998. Subsequent RI Phase II, III & IV reports were submitted in July 2000, November 2001 and September 2003, respectively. The RI Report indicates the groundwater was impacted by plant operations. Since the process pond water and groundwater are interconnected, the process pond water is most likely the main source for metals in the groundwater"

surface soil ARSENIC AT 17,000 MG/KG at the ASARCO EL PASO SITE

"The elements which comprise the Chemicals of Concern (COC) at the [ASARCO] El Paso facility include arsenic (As), cadmium (Cd), chromium (Cr), copper (Cu), iron (Fe), lead (Pb), selenium (Se) and zinc (Zn). The most prevalent COCs are arsenic, lead, and cadmium. The highest on-site surface soil concentrations are arsenic at 17,000 mg/kg; lead at 49,000 mg/kg; and cadmium at 3,500 mg/kg."

http://www.tceq.state.tx.us/remediation/sites/asarco/media

October 6 - Public Hearing on the Texas Rail Plan

Fellow Texan:

The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) is in the process of developing a comprehensive rail plan for Texas. The Texas Rail Plan will serve to guide future actions of TxDOT in cooperation with our rail partners as we work to meet the freight and passenger rail needs of the state.

We have traveled throughout the state this year conducting seven rail visioning workshops and ten public meetings to hear your ideas and get your input regarding the future of our state's rail system. Through this process we have developed a draft of the Texas Rail Plan that is ready for your review and feedback at the link referenced below.

We will hold a final public hearing on October 6, 2010, at 1:30 p.m. (CST) at the TxDOT Auditorium in Building 200, Room 1A-1 at 200 East Riverside Drive, Austin, Texas. If you are unable to attend the hearing, we encourage you to visit our website at: http://www.txdot.gov/public_involvement/rail_plan/default.htm to review the draft document and provide comments. The mailing address, if preferred, is also available at this link.

Following the public hearing, and a 30-day comment period, we will analyze the feedback and finalize the plan for submittal to the Texas Transportation Commission for adoption. Afterwards, TxDOT will submit the Texas Rail Plan to the Federal Railroad Administration for coordination with the National Rail Plan.  The plan will also be made available to the Texas legislature for their consideration.

TxDOT values your participation in laying the foundation for the Texas Rail Plan and creating a vision for the future of rail in Texas. We hope you will participate in this important planning process.

... inquiries may be directed to AskTxDOT@dot.state.tx.us

Texas Department of Transportation * 125 E. 11th Street * Austin, TX 78701 * (512) 463-8585