UTEP interested in ASARCO property
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El PASO, Texas — After many years of contaminating the El Paso-Ciudad Juarez community, Asarco is promising to clean up its mess. The land is highly polluted and will need an estimated $52 million to complete the project, according to Karl McElhaney, a spokesman for Senator Silvestre Reyes. Once the property is decontaminated, the University of Texas at El Paso may be interested in purchasing a parcel of land. Richard Adauto III, UTEP Executive Vice President for Advancement and Oversight, says UTEP has already started talking with the Custodial Trustee, Roberto Puga, in charge of the Asarco cleaning up project. “We are interested in getting the part of ASARCO’s property that is across Interstate 10 from the plant, but we need to wait for them to do their environmental research first”, Adauto says.