B.F. GOODRICH SUPERFUND SITE

12/9/2009 - ADMINISTRATIVE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND ORDER ON CONSENT FOR REMEDIAL INVESTIGATION/FEASIBILITY STUDY. RESPONDENTS: GOODRICH CORPORATION, POLYONE CORPORATION, AND WESTLAKE VINYLS, INC. On December 9, 2009, EPA executed an Administrative Settlement Agreement with B.F. Goodrich Corporation, Westlake Vinyl’s, Inc. and PolyOne Corporation to conduct and finance a Remedial Investigation/Feasibility Study (“RI/FS”) for the B.F. Goodrich Superfund Site (“Site”). This RI/FS is an expansion of the current (August 2008) “focused” RI/FS Settlement Agreement. The expansion is as a result of the Commonwealth of Kentucky’s recent request for EPA to address the entire Site. The B.F. Goodrich Superfund Site is located in Calvert City, Kentucky on the southern bank of the Tennessee River. In August 2008, EPA entered into an Administrative Settlement with B.F. Goodrich and PolyOne Corporation to conduct and finance a “focused” RI/FS. On May 22, 2009, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) received a letter from the Kentucky Energy and Environment Cabinet requesting EPA’s assistance in addressing the contamination at the Site. The Commonwealth addressed contamination through its corrective action and closure authorities pursuant to the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (“RCRA”); this approach was met with challenging technical, legal, and plant operations issues. By letter dated, May 29, 2009, EPA concurred with the