# CLEVELAND MILL SUPERFUND SITE, GRANT COUNTY, NEW MEXICO
> **Administrative - Formal** · FY1997 · — · Unilateral Administrative Order Without Adjudication
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `37664`
- **Case Number:** 06-1997-0839
- **Type:** Administrative - Formal
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Unilateral Administrative Order Without Adjudication
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- BAYARD MINING CORP. (complaint) (settlement)
- MINING REMEDIAL RECOVERY COMPANY (complaint) (settlement)
- VIACOM INTERNATIONAL INC. (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

1. SECTIONS 104, 106(A), AND 122 OF THE COMPREHENSIVE EN-       VIRONMENTAL RESPONSE, COMPENSATION, AND LIABILITY ACT        ( CERCLA ), AS AMENDED, 42 U.S.C. SECTIONS 9604, 9606(A)     AND 9622.                                                 2. CLEVELAND MILL SUPERFUND SITE                                GRANT COUNTY, NEW MEXICO                                     RESPONDENTS: BAYARD MINING CORP., A DELAWARE CORP.                        MINING REMEDIAL RECOVERY COMPANY, A DELAWARE                 CORP.                                                        VIACOM INTERNATIONAL INC., A DELAWARE CORP.  3. THE SITE OCCUPIES ABOUT 18 ACRES APPROXIMATELY 5.5 MILES     NORTH OF SILVER CITY IN GRANT COUNTY, NEW MEXICO. A MINE     AND MILL WERE OPERATED INTERMITTENTLY AT THE SITE DURING     THE PERIOD FROM ABOUT 1910 TO 1949. METALS EXTRACTED         WERE PRINCIPALLY LEAD AND ZINC. ONLY FOUNDATIONS OF THE      MILL REMAIN. THERE ARE NO LONGER ANY BUILDINGS AT THE        SITE.                                                        GENERALLY SPEAKING, THE SOURCE OF THE HAZ. SUBSTANCES AT     THE SITE IS APPROXIMATELY 30,000 CUBIC YARDS OF TAILINGS     FROM PAST MILLING OPERATIONS AT THE SITE, AND 35,000 CU-     BIC YARDS OF WASTE ORE. THE ORE AND TAILINGS WERE DUMPED     AND DISPOSED OF ON THE SITE DURING THE PAST MILLING OPER-    ATIONS. THE TAILINGS AND WASTE ORE ARE LOCATED AT THE        HEADWATERS OF A SMALL TRIBUTARY OF LITTLE WALNUT CREEK,      AN INTERMITTENT STREAM. PRECIPITA

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