# JACOBS SMELTER SITE
> **Administrative - Formal** · FY1999 · — · —
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `51246`
- **Case Number:** 08-1999-0123
- **Type:** Administrative - Formal
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** —
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** $0
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

THE JACOBS SMELTER SITE INCLUDES SEVERAL FORMER SMELTER      SITES IN AN AROUND THE TOWN OF STOCKTON.  THIS ORDER         ADDRESSES ONLY THE PORTION OF THAT SITE, ON THE WESTERN      EDGE OF THE TOWN OF STOCKTON WHICH IS OWNED BY UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD.  BETWEEN THE RAILROAD TRACKS AND THE SMELTER SITE  ARE SETTLING PONDS WHERE ARSENIC AND LEAD WERE DEPOSITED BY  FLOWING WATER.  CONTAMINANTS WERE ALSO DEPOSITED ALONG THE   RAILROAD TRACKS.  THE REMOVAL ACTIONS REQUIRED BY THIS       ORDER ARE NECESSARY TO PROTECT THE PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE,   AND THE ENVIRONMENT.

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