A CERCLA SECTION 107 COST RECOVERY ACTION NECESSARY TO RECOVER APPROXIAMATELY $735,000.00 WHICH EPA HAD EXPENDED AT THE BUTLER TUNNEL HAZARDOUS WASTE SITE. THE DEFENDANTS, NOW NUMBERING 23 SEPARATE PRP'S, ARE GENERATORS OF THE HAZARDOUS WASTES DUMPED AT THE SITE. DEFENDANTS ARE ALSO OPERATORS OF THE DUMP SITE. 09/30/95: ON SEPTEMBER 29, 1995, THIS PRN CONCERNING THE BUTLER TUNNEL SITE IN PITTSTON TOWNSHIP, LUZERNE COUNTY, PENNYSLVANIA HAS BEEN PREPARED IN ANTICIPATION OF NEGOTIATIONS FOR PERFORMANCE OF REMEDIAL ACTION AND RECOVERY OF RESPONSE COSTS UNDER SECTIONS 106 AND 107 OF THE COMPREHENSIVE ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSE, COMPENSATION, AND LIABILITY ACT OF 1980, AS AMENDED ( CERCLA ), 42 U.S.C. SECTION 9606 AND 9607. EPA ANTICIPATES THAT IT WILL ISSUE A RECORD OF DECISION ( ROD ) FOR THIS SITE IN JUNE 1995. EPA HAS PREPARED A PROPOSED REMEDIAL ACTION PLAN ( PROPOSED PLAN ) WHICH WAS ISSUED ON SEPTEMBER 30, 1994. SPECIAL NOTICE LETTERS FOR REMEDIAL DESIGN/REMDIAL ACTION { RD/RA } ARE EXPECTED TO BE ISSUED CONCURRENTLY WITH THE ISSUANCE OF THE ROD. EPA SUBMITTED TO THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE ( DOJ ) A CIVIL LITIGATION REPORT FOR THIS SITE ON JUNE 30, 1987 SEEKING REMOVAL COSTS INCURRED BY EPA AT THE SITE AS A RESULT OF THE SEPTEMBER 1985 RELEASE FROM THE BUTLER TUNNEL. SEVENTEEN POTENTIALLY RESPONSIBLE P