# WHITEWOOD CREEK SITE
> **Administrative - Formal** · FY1989 · — · Final Order No Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `48320`
- **Case Number:** 08-1989-0028
- **Type:** Administrative - Formal
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order No Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- HOMESTAKE MINING COMPANY OF CALIFORNIA
## 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.

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