Iron King Mine Site - photo Richard Cellarius
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Iron King Smelter
Iron King Mine Superfund site. Dewey-Humboldt.
In 2008 EPA listed the Iron King Mine for cleanup as a National Priority
Site (NPL). EPA has now collected hundreds of new water, soil and sediment
samples in town and at the sites. Eight residential properties had elevated
arsenic levels and four with elevated lead. This fall, the EPA will hold a
public meeting in Dewey-Humboldt to discuss its findings and options for
cleanup, which could start in 2011. The EPA also will release a public
health risk assessment. EPA is also putting together a reuse assessment,
which may determine what becomes of the mine and smelter.
The Yavapai Group is carefully monitoring this issue; Doris Cellarius is the Sierra Club contact person.
The public can read updated test data at the town's library, 2735 S. Corral
St., or on the EPA's website.
This page was last updated on May 26, 2009