EPA v. WHITEWOOD CREEK SITE
Final Order No Penalty
Case summary
THIS ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER IS AGAINST THE RESPONDENT, HOMESTAKE MINING COMPANY OF CALIFORNIA UNDER SECTIONS 104(B), 122(A), AND 122(D)(3) OF CERCLA TO PERFORM FEASIBILITY STUDY AT THE WHITEWOOD CREEK SITE. APPROXIMATELY 10 MILLION KILGRAMS OF MINING-RELATED WASTES ARE BELIEVED TO BE DEPOSITED ALONG THE SITE. CONSTITUENTS OF MINING-RELATED WASTES INCLUDE ARSENIC, WHICH IS CLASSIFIED BY EPA AS A HUMAN CARCINOGEN, AND OTHER METALS SUCH AS CADMIUM, LEAD, COPPER, SELENIUM, IRON, AND MAGNESIUM, WHICH ARE TOXIC TO HUMANS AND ANIMALS AT CERTAIN CONCENTRATION LEVELS.
Defendants (1)
- HOMESTAKE MINING COMPANY OF CALIFORNIA
Facilities (1)
WHITEWOOD CREEK
10 MI PART OF STREAM, WHITEWOOD, SD, 57793
Registry ID: 110009261814
Statutes cited
- CERCLA 122D3 — Violation of Existing AO or CD
- CERCLA 122 — Superfund
Timeline (4 milestones)
- 1988-12-07Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
- 1988-12-07Final Order Issued
- 1989-01-25Enforcement Action Data Entered
- 1990-01-01Enforcement Action Closed
Case metadata
- EPA activity ID
- 48320
- Case number
- 08-1989-0028
- Lead agency
- EPA
- HQ division
- CER
- EPA region
- 08
- Multimedia
- No
- Voluntary self-disclosure
- No
- Primary statute
- Violation of Existing AO or CD
Sourced verbatim from EPA ECHO Enforcement Case Report for case 08-1989-0028 . Bulk data: ICIS-FEC download summary.
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