# SANDY SMELTERS SITE
> **Administrative - Formal** · FY1998 · — · EPA Did Not Pursue
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `51060`
- **Case Number:** 08-1998-0158
- **Type:** Administrative - Formal
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** EPA Did Not Pursue
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- ASARCO, INC. (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

SANDY CITY IS LOCATED 15 MILES SOUTH OF SALT LAKE CITY AND   HAS A POPULATION OF APPROXIMATELY 80,000.  SANDY CITY WAS    HOME TO 3 SMELTERS AND ONE SAMPLING WORKS IN THE LATE 1800S. SMELTING OPERATIONS TYPICALLY PRODUCES STACK EMISSIONS WITH  ELEVATED METAL CONTENT. ALL OF THE SMELTERS, WHICH HAVE NOT  OPERATED FOR MANY YEARS ARE LOCATED IN WHAT ARE NOW          RESIDENTIAL AREAS.  ELEVATED CONCENTRATIONS OF LEAD ARE      FOUND IN AND AROUND PRIVATE PROPERTIES AND PLAY AREA,        EXPOSING CHILDREN TO LEAD.

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