SETTLEMENT OF A CLAIM FOR REIMBURSEMENT OF COSTS INCURRED BY EPA IN RESPONDING TO CONTAMINATION GENERATED BY BERKSHIRE GAS IN THE 1 1/2 MILE REACH OF THE HOUSATONIC RIVER. EPA's RESPONSE WAS PART OF THE OVERALL SITE CLEAN-UP CONSENT DECREE BETWEEN U.S., MASSACHUSETTS, CONNECTICUT, AND GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY. BERKSHIRE GAS'S CONTAMINANTS WERE LOCATED IN THE SAME SEGMENT OF THE RIVER AS GE's PCB CONTAMINATION, BUT IN SOME AREAS CAUSED THE INCURRENCE OF SIGNIFICANT ADDITIONAL RESPONSE COSTS. IN THE DECREE, EPA RECOVERS $2,773,634, ITS SHARE OF THE 1 1/2 MILE REACH COSTS, AND GE RECOVERS $1,156,800.