Asarco El Paso Smelter - Cost Estimate Waste Management [Present Value Calculation]
Sitewide Evaluation - June 2008
El Paso, Texas
  Quantities units Unit Price Total
 
Demolition of Structures [One time]
  Demolition of Structures (steel) 264,141 sq. ft. $11 $2,905,551
  Demolition of Structures (Brick and concrete) 191,157 sq. ft. $17.50 $3,345,248
  Demolition of Structures (Wood railroad trussels) 40,025 sq. ft. $40 $1,601,000
  Demolition of Structures (I-10 Bridge and Slag bridge) 17,625 sq. ft. $16 $282,000
  Demolition of two Smokestacks   1 Lump Sum $750,000 $750,000
  Subtotal of demolition of structure       $8,883,799
 
Groundwater [construction and 50 years operation]
  Construction [One time]        
    Slurry Wall (Bentonite soil mix, 3 feet wide) Design and installation 3,000 feet $590 $1,770,000
    Additional Extraction Wells will use existing wells whenever possible 50 well $4,500 $225,000
    Injection Well (800 foot injection well for discharge of treated groundwater) 1 well $100,000 $100,000
    Design and Construction of Groundwater Treatment system 1 system $5,000,000 $5,000,000
  Subtotal of Groundwater construction       $7,095,000
  Continuous operation [Present value of 50 years annuity factor of 25.72976]        
    Operation and Maintenance (electrical and general maintenance) 25.72976 Annual Cost $350,000 $9,005,416
    Guard to protect equipment and GW system (1 guard $ 25 an hour) 25.72976 Annual Cost $213,600 $5,495,877
    Monitor Well Plugging and Abandonment [0ne time charge 50 years later, using Presnet Value factor of 0.22811 ] 0.22811 Lump Sum $64,800 $14,782
    Semi-annual groundwater reports [2 reports per year @ $5000 per report] 25.72976 Annual Cost $10,000 $257,298
  Subtotal of Groundwater operation        $14,773,372
  Subtotal of Groundwater construction and operation $21,868,372
 
Asphalt Paving to manage exposure [One time]
  Acreage left to be paved from May 20, 2005 Corrective Action Directive letter 16 acres $130,000 $2,080,000
  Northern Section of Smelter 8 acres $130,000 $975,000
  Former Building and Process footprint 52 acres $130,000 $6,760,000
  Subtotal of apshalt paving       $9,815,000
 
Fencing to control access in Northern Section of the Smelter [One time]     2800 feet $25 $68,628
 
Engineering Design and Construction of Disposal unit Cell 4 [One time]
  Engineer and Construction of Cell 4 for disposal of: 1 Cell $4,000,000 $4,000,000
    Minus 50 Slag waste pile  (255,111 cubic yds)        
     Abrasive Blasting Area  (1,111 cubic yds.)        
    Soil underneath Process area ( 20,000 cubic yds Estimated)        
    Category I soils from May 5, 2005 letter (25,000 cubic yds Estimated)        
  Excavation and Disposal of material in Cell 4 [One time] 303,000 cubic yds. $6 $1,818,000
  Verification of Waste Excavation of materials to Cell 4 100 soil samples $250 $25,000
  Completion Report 1 report $5,000 $5,000
  Subtotal  of design and construction of disposal unit cell 4 $5,848,000
 
Long term monitoring of engineering control and groundwater [Present Valueof 400 years annuity factor of 33.333]
  Annual site inspection report is covered under the groundwater report for the first 50 years 0 reports $0 $0
  Monitoring and Sampling (Management of Waste) 30 wells biannual ($150 per sample) 33.333 Annual Cost $9,000 $299,997
  TCEQ Oversight 33.333 Annual Cost $11,024 $367,463
  TCEQ travel (once a year) 33.333 Annual Cost $1,000 $33,333
  Annaul site inspection report [Present Value of 350 years annuity factor of 33.332]   33.332 Annual Cost $5,000 $166,660
  General repairs per year (Fence and Asphalt Cap)         
    Assume 1% of fence is required repair [1300 lf x $25 LF] 33.333 Annual Cost $32,500 $1,083,323
    Assume 0.5% of 98 Acres asphalt cover is required repair [$2.00/sf x 20,000 SF] 33.333 Annual Cost $40,000 $1,333,320
  Subtotal of long term monitoring       $3,284,095
Contingency for unexpected expense     0 Lump Sum $0 $0
SUBTOTAL FOR WASTE MANAGEMENT       $49,767,893
Other Identified Costs           $2,237,293
TOTAL     $52,005,186.00