# KENNECOTT SOUTH ZONE SUPERFUND SITE
> **Judicial** · FY2000 · — · Litigated With Specified Cost Recovery
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `51615`
- **Case Number:** 08-2000-0216
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Litigated With Specified Cost Recovery
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- KENNECOTT UTAH COPPER CORP. (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

THE KENNECOTT SOUTH ZONE SITE IS COMPOSED OF SURFACE AREAS CONTAMINATED BY MINING WASTES WHICH MIGRATED FROM SOURCE   AREAS INTO DOWN GRADIENT CITIES AND SUBSURFACE AREAS CONTAMINATED BY ACID LEACHATES FROM THE MINING DISTRICT. THE GROUNDWATER CONTAMINATION WAS CAUSED BY THE RELEASE OF ACID MINE DRAINAGE AND ACID LEACHATES FROM MINING ACTIVITIES IN THE BINGHAM CANYON MINING DISTRICT.  THE REMEDY HAS BEEN  COORDINATED WITH THE STATE OF UTAH'S NATURAL RESOURCE        DAMAGE (NRD) SETTLEMENT TO ARRIVE AT A COMPREHENSIVE SOLUTION TO GROUNDWATER CONTAMINATION IN THE VALLEY.  EPA    EXPECTS THE COMBINED CERCLA/NRD ACTIONS TO COST ABOUT $300 MILLION.

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*Source: [EPA ECHO](https://echo.epa.gov/) · AI Analytics · CC0 1.0*