THE HOLLINGSWORTH SOLDERLESS TERMINAL COMPANY (HSTC) SITE IS LOCATED IN A LIGHT INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX IN FORT LAUDERDALE, BROWARD COUNTY, FLORIDA, APPROXIMATELY FIVE MILES INLAND, TO THE WEST OF THE ATLANTIC OCEAN. FROM 1968-1982, HSTC WAS IN THE BUSINESS OF MANUFACTURING SOLDERLESS ELECTRICAL TERMINALS, CONSISTING OF A CONDUCTIVE METAL PORTION AND A PLASTIC SLEEVE. THE TERMINALS WERE DESIGNED TO ATTACH BY MEANS OF CRIMPING RATHER THAN BY SOLDERING. THE MANU- FACTURING PROCESS INCLUDED HEAT TREATMENT IN MOLTEN SALTS BATHS, DEGREASING AND ELECTROPLATING. THE PRIMARY CONTAMI- NANTS OF CONCERN AT THE SITE INCLUDE, TRICHLOROETHENE, VINYL CHLORIDE, AND TRANS-1, 2-DICHLOROETHENE, AND TO A LESSER EXTENT, NICKEL, TIN, AND COPPER. BOTH ONSITE SOILS AND GROUND WATER HAVE BEEN DOCUMENTED TO THE CONTAMINATED BY ONE OR MORE OF THESE CONTAMINANTS. THE HSTC SITE WAS PROPOSED FOR INCLUSION ON THE NATIONAL PRIORITIES LIST (NLP) IN OCTOBER 1981 AND WAS INCLUDED ON THE FIRST OFFICIAL NPL PUBLISHED IN DECEMBER 1982.