Asarco: EPA hid Omaha records

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Source: Omaha World Herald-AP

Asarco is accusing the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency of lying in federal court and concealing records that may clear the mining company from responsibility for lead contamination found on nearly 6,000 Omaha properties.

The company filed a federal lawsuit against the EPA on Friday, saying the agency committed fraud against the court, because of information that emerged about the source of the lead contamination.

New records the agency released in response to a Union Pacific freedom of information lawsuit filed about a year ago suggest that lead paint on houses, not Asarco's former lead smelter in Omaha, may have caused the contamination.

Asarco lawyer Gregory Evans says EPA officials swore they didn't have those records related to lead paint contamination.

Read more: http://www.omaha.com/article/20110604/NEWS01/706049878#asarco-epa-hid-omaha-records

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