ON MARCH 9, 2005, REGIONAL COUNSEL FOR REGION III FORWARDED A LETTER REFERRAL TO OSRE REQUESTING THE FILING OF A PROOF OF CLAIM IN BANKRUPTCY IN CONNECTION WITH THE CHAPTER 11 BANKRUPTCY CASE FILED BY AMCAST INDUSTRIAL CORPORATION IN THE U.S. BANKRUPTCY COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF OHIO, WITH RESPECT TO THE REGION'S CERCLA SECTION 107 CLAIM FOR THE BRESLUBE-PENN SUPERFUND SITE, LOCATED IN CORAOPOLIS, MOON TOWNSHIP, ALLEGHNEY COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA. REGION III REQUESTS, THROUGH OSRE, THAT DOJ FILE A PROOF OF CLAIM SEEKING PAYMENT OF AT LEAST $5,526,755.71, REPRESENTING EPA'S APPROXIMATE UNREMBURSED PAST RESPONSE COSTS (PLUS PRE-JUDGMENT INTEREST) IN CONNECTION WITH THE SITE, AS WELL AS ADDITIONAL COSTS TO BE INCURRED IN CONNECTION WITH FUTURE RESPONSE ACTIONS (CURRENTLY ESTIMATED TO BE APPROXIMATELY $17.3 MILLION). AMCAST IS A NAMED DEFENDANT IN EPA'S PENDING COST RECOVERY ACTION IN THE U.S. DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF PA.