REGION I REFERRED A COST RECOVERY ACTION TO DOJ ON OCTOBER 6, 1989 TO COLLECT $3.5 MILLION (PLUS INTEREST AND COSTS) IN PAST RESPONSE COSTS AT THE PICILLO SITE IN COVENTRY, R.I. DOJ FILED SUIT AGAINST TWO GENERATORS (AMERICAN CYANAMID COMPANY AND ROHM & HAAS COMPANY) IN R.I. FEDERAL DISTRICT COURT ON OCTOBER 16, 1989 (CIV.NO. 89-0565) IN ORDER TO AVOID POSSIBLE STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS PROBLEMS IF THE CASE WERE FILED AFTER OCTOBER 17, 1989. THE U.S. PREVIOUSLY RECOVERED $1,681,300 IN SETTLEMENTS. THE SITE IS 7.5 ACRES OF A 100-ACRE FORMER PIG FARM IN RURAL CENTRAL R.I. BETWEEN 1979 AND 1982, APPROXIMATELY 10,000 DRUMS OF WASTE, AS WELL AS SOME LIQUID WASTE AND CONTAMINATED SOIL, WERE REMOVED BY CONTRACTORS UNDER THE OVERSIGHT OF EPA AND RIDEM. A FUND-LEAD RI/FS INCLUDING GROUNDWATER STUDIES IS PROCEEDING. FINAL ROD IS EXPECTED 1992.