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The EPA has required the Atlantic Richfield to investigate the nature and extent of seeps downslope of the wastes repository beneath the Copper Mountain Sports and Recreation Complex.
The EPA has tested soil at some 1,900 homes near the site of the former smelter during the last eight years. More than 40 percent needed to have tainted dirt removed and replaced with new clean material.