# ARKANSAS RIVER RANCH
> **Administrative - Formal** · FY1999 · — · —
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `51206`
- **Case Number:** 08-1999-0082
- **Type:** Administrative - Formal
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** —
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- ARKANSAS RIVER RANCH (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

THE ARKANSAS RIVER RANCH PROPERTY IS LOCATED ADJACENT TO     THE UPPER ARKANSAS RIVER DOWNSTREAM FROM AREAS OF MINING     ACTIVITIES INCLUDING THE CALIFORNIA GULCH HISTORIC MINING    DISTRICT IN AND AROUND LEADVILLE, CO.  MINING ACTIVITY HAS   OCCURRED UPSTREAM OF THE PROPERTY FOR APPROXIMATELY 130      YEARS.  DURING THAT TIME, MINING WASTES HAVE BEEN WASHED     DOWN THE RIVER AND HAVE COME TO BE LOCATED IN DEPOSITS ON    AND ADJACENT TO THE ARKANSAS RIVER RANCH PROPERTY.           A PRELIMINARY ASSESSMENT SHOWS THAT THERE ARE AT LEAST       40,000 CUBIC YARDS OF FLUVIAL TAILINGS WITH ELEVATED         LEVELS OF METALS.  THE STATE OF COLORADO, ACTING BY AND      THROUGH THE DIVISION OF PARKS AND OUTDOOR RECREATION INTENDS TO PURCHASE A PORTION OF THE ARKANSAS RIVER RANCH FOR USE    AS PARKS, OPEN SPACE, WILDLIFE HABITAT, RECREATION AND/OR    OTHER USES.

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