The Department of Justice and ASARCO filed five settlement agreement with the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas Corpus Christi Division on March 13, 2009. The Court approved the settlement agreement on June 5, 2009. The trust agreement associated with this settlement was filed with the Bankruptcy Court on December 9, 2009. The five settlement agreements are as follows:
Custodial Trust Settlement Agreement
Miscellaneous Federal and State Environmental Sites Settlement Agreement
Montana Sites Settlement Agreement
Residual Sites Settlement Agreement
Texas Sites Settlement Agreement
More information is available on the ASARCO bankruptcy and the 2009 settlement agreements is available from the 2009 ASARCO bankruptcy case settlement web page.
You will need Adobe Reader to view some of the files on this page. See EPA’s About PDF page to learn more.- Amended Consent Decree and Settlement Agreement Establishing a Custodial Trust (PDF)(169 pp, 1 MB)
- Amended Settlement Agreement Regarding Miscellaneous Federal and State Environmental Sites (PDF)(45 pp, 1 MB)
- Consent Decree and Settlement Agreement Regarding the Montana Sites (PDF)(72 pp, 554 K)
- Amended Settlement Agreement and Consent Decree Regarding Residual Environmental Claims for the Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, Omaha, Nebraska, and Tacoma, Washington Environmental Sites (PDF)(47 pp, 1 MB)
- Consent Decree and Settlement Agreement Establishing a Custodial Trust for the Owned Smelter Site in El Paso, Texas and the Owned Zinc Smelter Site in Amarillo, Texas (PDF)(44 pp, 524 K)