EPA v. NORTH FACILITY SOILS/WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT PONDS

Case summary

ON JUNE 5, 1996 EPA SIGNED AN ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER ON CON- SENT WITH KENNECOTT UTAH COPPER CORP. FOR THE NORTH FACILITY SOILS AND WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT PONDS REMOVAL ACTION IN SALT LAKE COUNTY, UTAH. THIS REMOVAL WILL ADDRESS CONTAMI- NATED SOILS SURROUNDING KENNECOTT'S OPERATING SMELTER, SOILS UNDER STRUCTURES BEING DEMOLISHED AND THE 5 WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT SLUDGE PONDS CONTAINING BEVILL EXEMPT WASTE. ALL OF THE MATERIAL FROM THESE AREAS WILL BE CONSOLIDATED AND DISPOSED OF IN AN ON-SITE REPOSITORY WHICH EPA IS PRO- POSING AS A CORRECTIVE ACTION MANAGEMENT UNIT(CAMU). THE CAMU WILL MEET ALL RCRA MINIMUM TECHNOLOGY REQUIREMENTS. THE LONG-TERM MONITORING OF THE REPOSITORY, ESPECIALLY AS IT RELATES TO GROUNDWATER, WILL BE HANDLED BY THE STATE OF UTAH'S GROUNDWATER PERMIT.

Defendants (1)

• KENNECOTT UTAH COPPER CORP.Named in complaintNamed in settlement

Facilities (1)

• NORTH FAC SOILS

  INTERSECTION OF HIWAYS 201 & 202, MAGNA, UT, 84044

  Registry ID: 110010780431

Statutes cited

• CERCLA 122 — Superfund
• CERCLA 104A — CERCLA 104(a)

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• NORTH FACILITY SOILSentered 1996-06-05

  Primary law: CERCLA

Timeline (3 milestones)

• 1996-06-05Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
• 1996-06-05Final Order Issued
• 1996-06-17Enforcement Action Data Entered