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Asarco Site Tour

See how CPRD worked with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), state environmental agencies, and responsible parties to help create a new habitat as part of a hazardous waste site clean-up.  The following photographs were taken on August 28, 2000 during a site visit sponsored by Asarco to view the removal of slag from the intertidal zone, the protection of remaining slag from erosion, and construction of new intertidal habitats.

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Asarco Dock viewed from the air

Asarco Dock Aerial 01
(08.28.00, Tacoma, Washington) Aerial View of Asarco Dock

Asarco Dock viewed from the air

Asarco Dock Aerial 02
(08.28.00, Tacoma, Washington) Second Aerial View of Asarco Dock

Asarco shoreline remediation

Asarco Shoreline Remediation
(08.28.00, Tacoma, Washington) View of Shoreline at Asarco Site

remediation team members on the beach at the Asarco smelter site

Asarco Team
(08.28.00, Tacoma, Washington) The Asarco site manager and team

Coastal Resource Coordinator for Region 10 on the beach at Asarco site

CRC Region 10 at Asarco Site
(08.28.00, Tacoma, Washington) Coastal Recources Coordinator for Region 10 at the Asarco site

an embayment created by excavating slag at the Asarco site

Asarco Embayment Creation
(08.28.00, Tacoma, Washington) A small embayment was excavated.

Dumptrucks bring large rocks to Asarco remediation site.

Asarco Site Dumptrucks
(08.28.00, Tacoma, Washington) Dump trucks bringing large rocks and sand to the site.

Backhoe spreads fix mix on the beach at Asarco remediation site

Backhoe Working at Asarco Site
(08.28.00, Tacoma, Washington) Backhoe on the beach at the site.

barge carrying gravel to the Asarco remediation site

Gravel Barge at Asarco Site
(08.28.00, Tacoma, Washington) A barge brings clean gravel to the site.

A tugboat pushes and pulls the barge carrying gravel to the Asarco remediation site.

Tugboat Pushes Gravel Barge
(08.28.00, Tacoma, Washington) A tugboat pushes the gravel barge.

A tugboat pushes and pulls the barge carrying gravel to the Asarco remediation site.

Tugboat and Gravel Barge
(08.28.00, Tacoma, Washington) A longer-range shot of the barge and tugboat working together.

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