08/23/89: THE PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE ( PSCNH ) FILED FOR CHAPTER 11 REORGANIZATION PROCEEDINGS ON JANUARY 28, 1988. EPA HAS CLAIMS AGAINST PSCNH, PURSUANT TO THE COMPREHENSIVE ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSE, COMPENSATION, AND LIABILITY ACT, 42 U.S.C. S 9601 ET SEQ., AS A PARTY RESPONSIBLE FOR GENERATING HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES WHICH WERE DISPOSED OF AT THE FOLLOWING NATIONAL PRIORITIES LIST (NPL) SITES IN REGION I: THE DOVER LANDFILL SITE, LOCATED IN DOVER NEW HAMPSHIRE; THECOAKLEY LANDFILL SITE, LOCATED IN GREEN- LAND AND NORTH HAMPTON, NEW HAMPSHIRE; AND THE SOMERSWORTH LANDFILL SITE, LOCATED IN SOMERSWORTH, NEW HAMPSHIRE. EPA FILED A PROOF OF CLAIM TO PRESERVER THE UNITED STATES' CLAIMS FOR MONIES SPENT OR TO BE SPENT AS A RESULT OF RESPONSE ACTIONS PERFORMED OR TO BE PERFORMED BY EPA AT THE AFOREMENTIONED SITES. EPA HAS SPENT APPROXIMATELY $1.5 MILLION ON RESPONSE ACTIONS AT THE COAKLEY SITE, AND EXPECTS THAT THE COST OF THE OVERALL CLEANUP WILL BE BETWEEN $10-$15 MILLION. AT THE DOVER LANDFILL, PSCNH IS RESPONSIBLE (ALONG WITH WITH EIGHT OTHER PRPS) FOR PAYMENTOF $405,000 IN PAST COSTS, AND FOR PERFORMING THE SITE RI AND ULTIMATELY FOR THE CLEANUP OF THE SITE. AT THE SOMERSWORTH LANDFILL SITE, EPA HAS EXPENDED APPROXIAMTELY $750,000 IN RESPONSE COSTS AND ESTIMATES THAT THE COST OF THE CLEANUP WILL BE OVER $10 MILLION.