v>EPA Sites In Reuse
International Smelting and Refining Superfund Site
2.5 miles northeast of Tooele, Utah 84074





' Ml
•* -
^ - ¦
..- ,y . . . / i
• -¦ _
' *" * -
¦ ¦ ¦ " ¦
Restoration activities at the Pine
Canyon Conservation Area.
A restored residential property.
Perimeter fencing and a view of the Pine
Canyon Conservation Area.
Supported Site Uses: The site is in recreational and ecological reuse and also supports continued
residential uses.
Restricted Use: The Pine Canyon Conservation Area pennits recreational use only and institutional
controls prohibit motorized vehicles, bicycles, livestock grazing, swimming or wading, fires, dumping
and littering. Zoning permits agricultural land use of properties surrounding the Pine Canyon community
residential area. Tooele County Developer Guidelines and the Pine Canyon Environmental Overlay Zone
require an environmental review by the county prior to development of portions of the site.
~
Tooele,
Utah
Setting:
•	The 12,000-acre site is located on the west side of the
Oquirrh Mountains near Pine Canyon in Tooele, Utah
•	The site includes three areas near Tooele, Utah: the
Pine Canyon Conservation Area, Pine Canyon/Lincoln
Township area and the Tooele Valley Railroad. These areas
were impacted by copper and lead smelting operations by
Atlantic Richfield Company (ARCO, formerly Anaconda
Company).
•	In 1994, ARCO designated the majority of the site
a conservation area for wildlife management and
recreational uses including hiking and hunting.
•	Remaining portions of the site include residential
properties and areas where former railroad tracks have
been removed and restored as recreational areas and a
railroad museum.
•	Surrounding population: 0.5 mile, 0 people; 2.5 miles,
1,495 people; 4 miles, 16,537 people.
Disclaimer: EPA does not warrant that the property is suitable for
any particular use. Any prospective purchaser must contact the
property owner for sale potential.
Remedial Status:
•	In 2004 and 2005, actions performed under a consent decree
widi ARCO addressed soil contamination at residential
properties by testing and removing contaminated soil,
backfilling areas with clean soil and restoring the landscape.
•	In 2005, soil was tested in former railroad track areas.
Contaminated soil was removed and areas were backfilled
with clean soil. Any contaminated soil left in place was
capped with a protective rock cover and clean soil.
•	18 locations of soil contamination within the Pine Canyon
Conservation Area were remediated in 2006. Cleanup
activities included removal of contaminated surface soil,
backfilling with clean soil and re vegetation.
•	Groundwater monitoring and site maintenance continues.
FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT:
Fran Costanzi
Superfund Redevelopment
Coordinator
(303) 312-6571
cos tanzi. france s fgiepa.gov
Erna Waterman
Site Project Manager
(303) 312-6762
waterman.erna@epa.gov
Site Summary.
http://www2.epa.gov/ regionS/international-smelting-and-refining
EPA Region 8 Reuse Fact Sheets
March 2013

-------