# DEER LODGE VALLEY HISTORICALLY IRRIGATED LANDS
> **Administrative - Formal** · FY1999 · — · —
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `51205`
- **Case Number:** 08-1999-0081
- **Type:** Administrative - Formal
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** —
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** $800K
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- ATLANTIC RICHFIELD COMPANY (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

UNILATERAL ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER ISSUED TO ATLANTIC           RICHFIELD TO DIRECT THEM TO IMPLEMENT THE ACTION MEMO AND    OTHER ACTIVITIES RELATING TO ARSENIC CONTAMINATION NEAR      DEER LODGE, MONTANA.  EPA DETERMINED THAT A TIME CRITICAL    REMOVAL ACTION WAS NECESARY FOR THE SITE AND ISSUED THE      ACTION MEMO ON 10/26/98.  ATTEMPTS AT IMPLEMENTING THE       ACTION MEMO LAST FALL, PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF WINTER WEATHER, WERE UNSUCCESSFUL, BUT THE ACTION REMAINS A TIME CRITICAL    REMOVAL AND IMMEDIATE IMPLEMENTATION THIS FIELD SEASON IS    NECESSARY.

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