unleaded gasoline and endangered muscle cars.

A St. Louis Post-Dispatch story in 2010 reported Doe Run, the company that owns the smelter, had hoped to open a facility nearby that complied with the new regulations. That year $933,000 in property tax revenue was paid by the firm and one official said if the plant closes residents will experience a huge increase in city water bills. A St. Louis PBS affiliate indicated in 2012 there would be no new plant and Fox News report earlier this month confirmed the doors would be shuttered and 145 people would lose their jobs on Dec. 31. The operation has been in the city for more than 100 years.

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