THE REGIONAL COUNSEL SENT A PRE-REFERRAL NEGOTIATION CIVIL LITIGATION REPORT CONCERNING THE METAL BANK SUPERFUND SITE IN PHILADELPHIA, PA TO THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE IN ANTICIPATION OF NEGOTIATIONS FOR REMEDIAL DESIGN/REMEDIAL ACTION AND COST RECOVERY UNDER SECTION 106 AND 107 OF CERCLA. THE PRN RECOMMENDS TWENTY PARTIES AS DEFENDANTS, INCLUDING U.C.O.-M.B.A CORPORATION.I TWO FORMER OWNERS, AND SIXTEEN GENERATORS, PRIMARILY ELECTRIC UTILITES. SEVEN OF THE SIXTEEN RECOMMENDED GENERATOR DEDENDANTS ARE BEING OFFERED A DE MINIMIS SETTLEMENT. AN ADDITIONAL FOUR GENERATORS EITHER HAVE NOT BEEN LOCATED OR ARE DEFUNCT BUSINESSES, ALL OF WHICH WILL BE INCLUDED IN THE CALCULATION OF AN ORPHAN SHARE FOR PURPOSES OF THE RD/RA NEGOTIATIONS. THE SITE IS A FORMER SCRAP METAL AND TRANSFORMER SALVAGE FACILITY LOCATED IN AN INDUSTRIAL AREA OF NORTHEASTERN PHILADELPHIA, ON THE DELAWARE RIVER. FROM APPROXIMATELY 1968 OR 1969 UNTIL 1973, TRANSFORMER SALVAGE OPERATIONS WERE CONDUCTED AT THE SITE. TRANSFORMER OIL WAS DRAINED ON A CONCRETE PAD WHICH WAS CONNECTED TO UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANK. SPILLS OF THE OIL AND POSSIBLY A RUPTURE OF THE UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANK CAUSED SOIL AND GROUNDWATER CONTAMINATION AT SITE. THE 1994 RI/FS REPORT SHOWED THE PRESENCE OF CONTAMINANTS INCLUDING PCBS IN THE SOIL AND GROUNDWATER, ME