THIS IS A PROPOSED ACTION TO FILE A PROOF OF CLAIM FOR COSTS EXPENDED IN A SUPERFUND REMOVAL ACTION PURSUANT TO SECTION 104 OF CERCLA. IN MARCH 1988, EPA CONDUCTED A REMOV- AL ACTION AT THE EDWARDS ROAD SITE IN KANAWHA COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA. LYONS TRUCKING COMPANY, HIRED BY KESSLER COALS, HAD SPRAYED A ROADWAY LOCATED AT THE SITE WITH A SUBSTANCE CONTAINING COAL TAR, WHICH CONTAINS VARIOUS HAZARDOUS SUB- STANCES. THE CONTAMINATED SOIL WAS PLACED IN SEVERAL DRUMS WHICH WERE THEN STAGED FOR DISPOSAL BY EPA. A DEMAND LETTER FOR COSTS, WHICH TOTALED $15,172.34 WAS SENT TO KESSLER COALS, INC. AS WELL AS TO THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY AND TO LYONS TRUCKING COMPANY. KESSLER COALS, INC. REPLIED BY SAYING THAT THE COMPANY FILED FOR BANKRUPTCY ON AUGUST 1, 1988. THE EDWARDS ROAD SITE IS LOCATED IN COALBURG, CHELYAN, WEST VIRGINIA.