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.