# LARK WASTE ROCK AND TAILINGS SITE
> **Administrative - Formal** · FY1998 · — · —
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `50932`
- **Case Number:** 08-1998-0028
- **Type:** Administrative - Formal
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** —
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** $13.70M
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- KENNECOTT UTAH COPPER (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

THE SITE INCLUDES AREA WHICH CONTAINED ELEVATED LEVELS OF    LEAD AND ARSENIC. THE TOWN OF LARK IS NO LONGER INHABITED    AND MOST OF THE STRUCTURES HAVE BEEN REMOVED. THE ACTUAL     OR THREATENED RELEASE OF HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES FROM THE       SITE PRESENTED AN IMMINENT AND SUBSTANTIAL ENDANGERMENT TO   PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND THE ENVIRONMENT.  THE REMOVAL     ACTIONS REQUIRED BY THIS ORDER ARE NECESSARY TO PROTECT      THE PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND THE ENVIRONMENT.

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