Two remaining smokestacks at centre of should they stay, should they go debate.
The debate over whether to preserve the remaining Asarco stacks in El Paso is heating up as the trustee in charge of the old smeltering site delays the stacks’ scheduled demolition date.
Yesterday afternoon the Asarco trust held a community meeting at the El Paso Public Library downtown to discuss the delay and presented a list of conditions required to keep the stacks from coming down.
“The stack issue has been contentious from the beginning,” said Roberto Puga. Two of the stacks were already knocked down in September. The remaining two were scheduled to come down in February 2012.
Puga said he has decided to delay the remaining stacks’ demolition to early 2013 in response to a new push by some El Pasoans to save the stacks.
“There will be no extensions on this 12-month period,” said Puga.
Puga said the stacks will come down unless the community meets recently released requirements.
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