TCEQ ED: No Permit for ASARCO...Unless Click here to view Executive Director's Report By: GTLO Staff e-mail this to a friend | print this article May 01, 2007 -- The TCEQ ED has concluded that ASARCO will not meet the requirements for renewing its permit and does not recommend issuance. Nonetheless, the TCEQ ED has laid out a schedule which would allow ASARCO to start-up again...if it makes certtain plant improvements relating to, among others) the baghouses, the acid plants. This recommendation by the ED is only a step in the process. The report provides a seven-week period for public comment, followed by six weeks for the ED to prepare responses to these public comments. Then, the matter will go to the TCEQ Commission for a decision, and then ASARCO has 365 days to make the improvements or else the permit expires. The ED also recommmended that the permit only be granted for five yewars instead of ten "to ensure ASARCO maintains effective pollution control equipment and practices within a shorter timeframe than a regular renewal." Related Links TCEQ ED Report on ASARCO Fair Use Notice: This site contains copyrighted material the use of which has not always been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. We are making such material available in our efforts to advance understanding of environmental, political, human rights, economic, democracy, scientific, and social justice issues, etc. We believe this constitutes a "fair use" of any such copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the US Copyright Law. In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, the material on this site is distributed without profit to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information for research and educational purposes. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml. If you wish to use copyrighted material from this site for purposes of your own that go beyond "fair use", you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. NAVIGATE Who We Are Help GTLO Home Owners News Room Scientific Reports Calendar of Events Resources Maps Photo Gallery Hazardous Waste   NEWSLETTER Sign up for our FREE Newsletter info@gettheleadout.net | Disclaimer Help Get the Lead Out - Home Owners - News Room - Good Science Calendar of Events - Resources - Photo Gallery

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