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SMELTERTOWN/KOPPERS SITE

Judicial · FY1995 · — · — · 50282

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Penalty
$1.60M
Cost recovery
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Compliance action

Case

Case Number
08-1995-0133
Type
Judicial
Lead
EPA
Outcome
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Multimedia
N
Self-disclosure
N

Defendants (6)

Summary

THE SITE COVERS APPROXIMATELY 125 ACRES AND IS SITUATED ON THE NORTH BANK OF THE ARKANSAS RIVER. IT IS A CONGLOMERA- TION OF HISTORIC AND CURRENT INDUSTRIAL FACILITIES, INCLUDING WOOD-TREATMENT, SMELTING, GRAVEL MINING, AND ZINC PRO- CESSING OPERATIONS. SOIL, SEDIMENT, AND GROUND WATER HAVE BEEN CONTAMINATED BY LEAD, ARSENIC, AND ZINC, AMONG OTHER CONSTITUENTS. FUND AND ENFORCEMENT-LEAD REMOVAL ACTIONS AND NEGOTIATIONS WITH PRPS ARE ONGOING.

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