THIS IS A PRE-REFERRAL NEGOTIATION WITH APPROXIMATELY 22 PRPS FOR PERFORMANCE OF THE REMEDIAL DESIGN/REMEDIAL ACTION OF THE FIRST OPERABLE UNIT AT THIS SITE (COST APPROXIMATELY $10.1 MILLION) AND RECOVERY OF APPROXIMATELY $3.2 MILLION IN PAST COSTS. SULLIVANS LEDGE IS A FORMER QUARRY AREA IN NEW BEDFORD. FROM THE 1930'S UNTIL THE 1970'S IT OPERATED AS A DISPOSAL SITE FOR INDUSTRIAL WASTES. THE SITE WAS PLACED ON THE NPL IN 1985. SITE SOILS ARE CONTAMINATED WITH PCBS AND PAHS, WHILE GROUNDWATER IS CONTAMINATED WITH VOCS. THE ROD WAS ISSUED ON 6/29/89.