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El Paso County Metals Survey

 
Site Contact:
Jon Rinehart
OSC

(rinehart.jon@epa.gov)

Site Location:
Paisano Street
El Paso, TX 79999
 response.epa.gov/elpasocountymetals

This site is a residential cleanup in west El Paso, Texas and east Sunland Park, New Mexico. The primary contaminants are arsenic and lead. The emissions from the former ASARCO copper smelter were the source of the contamination. This smelter had been in operation since 1886.


For additional information, visit the Pollution/Situation Report (Pol/Sitreps) section.