# KERN RIVER GAS PIPELINE/R7
> **Administrative - Formal** · FY1991 · — · —
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `48987`
- **Case Number:** 08-1991-0188
- **Type:** Administrative - Formal
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** —
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- KERN RIVER GAS PIPELINE/R7 (complaint)
- KERN RIVER GAS TRANSMISSION COMPANY (complaint)
## Summary

06/19/92:  ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER ON CONSENT FOR REMOVAL     ACTION ISSUED 11/05/91 AGAINST KERN RIVER GAS PIPELINE,      SITE R7 FOR REMOVAL AND REIMBURSEMENT OF RESPONSE COSTS      DEALING WITH HIGH LEVELS OF HEAVY METALS FOUND IN THE SOILS  TO BE EXCAVATED.  SOURCES OF LEAD AND OTHER HEAVY METALS     CONTAMINATION IN THE SOIL ARE BELIEVED TO BE FROM TAILINGS   PILES, WASTE ROCK DUMPS, SLAG HEAPS, AND POSSIBLY OTHER      SOURCES OF HEAVY METALS CONTAMINATION RELATED TO HISTORICAL  MINING EXTRACTION AND BENEFICIATION ACTIVITIES THAT OCCURRED IN BINGHAM CANYON.

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