El Paso Smelter

Asarco's smelter in El Paso, Texas, has been reporting TRI data since 1987. The El Paso smelter was shut down for three years beginning in February 1999.

The table below summarizes the TRI data from 1993-1998:

 

Releases To

  

Total Off-Site Transfers

Year

Stack Air

Fugitive Air

Water

Land

Total

  

Recycled

Treatment & Disposal

(In Pounds)

  

(In Pounds)

1999

6,235

1,432

NA

66

7,733

  

10,740,589

39,527

1998

44,063

4,545

NA

2,000

50,608

  

10,000,000

35,000

1997

59,079

4,223

NA

4,252

67,554

  

17,497,735

27,451

1996

226,318

2,118

NA

2,334

230,770

  

12,880,828

187,504

1995

192,870

2,803

NA

4,265

199,938

  

43,566,312

377,352

1994

108,863

3,307

NA

12,882

125,052

  

7,219,544

5,931

1993

344,500

15,851

NA

12,355

372,706

  

1,022,800

< 90

 

Explanation of Data:

Air:
In 1993 Contop flash-smelting technology was installed as part of a plant modernization. The new technology reduced air emissions for the last half of the year.

1994 was the first full reporting year with Contop flash-smelting technology in operation.

In 1997 more accurate emissions data became available as a result of direct measurement. Previously, the plant used the maximum allowable emission rates in its permits in reporting for TRI. Actual emissions were considerably below the level allowed in the permits.

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