# ANACONDA SMELTER SITE #18  OU 12 & 9
> **Administrative - Formal** · FY1992 · — · Unilateral Administrative Order Without Adjudication
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `49419`
- **Case Number:** 08-1992-0514
- **Type:** Administrative - Formal
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Unilateral Administrative Order Without Adjudication
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- ANACONDA SMELTER SITE #18 OU 12 & 9 (complaint)
- ATLANTIC RICHFIELD COMPANY (complaint)
## Summary

THE ANACONDA SMELTER SITE, WHICH IS LISTED ON THE NPL,       INCLUDES, BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO, THE ACTUAL SITE OF THE      ANACONDA COPPER SMELTER AND ASSOCIATED REAL PROPERTY AND     BUILDINGS (THIS AREA IS COMMONLY CALLED THE SMELTER HILL     COMPLEX), THE OLD WORKS, THE ANACONDA TAILINGS PONDS, THE    OPPORTUNITY TAILINGS PONDS, THE SLAG PILE AND THE FLUE DUST  STORAGE FACILITY SOUTHEAST OF THE SMELTER FACILITIES, THE    ARBITER WORKS, SEVERAL SMALLER WASTE IMPOUNDMENTS, AND SOILS IN THE AREA CONTAMINATED BY ARSENIC AND VARIOUS METALS AS A  RESULT OF PAST EMISSIONS FROM THE SMELTERS.  DATA RESULTS    FROM THE INVESTIGATIONS CONFIRMED THAT THE ARBITER WASTES    CONTAIN ARSENIC, CADMIUM, LEAD, COPPER, AND ZINC IN BOTH     ELEVATED TOTAL AND LEACHABLE CONCENTRATIONS, AND THE         BERYLLIUM WASTES CONTAIN BERYLLIUM AND BERYLLIUM DUSTS.  THE ACTIONS REQUIRED BY THIS ORDER ARE NECESSARY TO PROTECT THE  PUBLIC HEALTH OR WELFARE OR THE ENVIRONMENT, ARE IN THE      PUBLIC INTEREST, ARE CONSISTENT WITH CERCLA AND THE NCP, AND WILL EXPEDITE EFFECTIVE REMEDIAL ACTION AND MINIMIZE         LITIGATION.  THE REMOVAL ACTION WILL ALSO CONTRIBUTE TO THE  EFFICIENT PERFORMANCE OF THE LONG-TERM REMEDIAL ACTIONS      CONTEMPLATED FOR THE SITE, TO THE EXTENT PRACTICABLE.

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