Tom Aldrich
Tom Aldrich
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Asarco doesn't concede that any violation occurred, because it was a commercial chemical product and couldn't become a waste until it was discarded or the decision was made to discard it.
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The building configurations make it very difficult to do the cleanup as both parties had originally envisioned.
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Many of these remaining process locations likely will require demolition in order to meet the expected cleaning criteria.
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We disagree with the interpretation by the state of Montana and don't think that penalty was deserved at all. Even so it would be subject to the same claims procedure as any other claims.