THIS REFERRAL ACCOMPANIES A CONSENT DECREE ( THE LAURAL PARK CONSENT DECREE ) ADDRESSING SECTIONS 106(A) AND 107(A) OF CERCLA AND SECTION 7003 OF RCRA, WHICH WAS SIGNED BY EIGHTEEN POTENTIALLY RESPONSIBLE PARTIES (PRPS) IN MARCH 1991. THE PRPS AGREE TO PERFORM THE REMEDIAL ACTION AT THE LAUREL PARK, INC. SUPERFUND SITE (THE SITE) IN NAUGATUCK, CONNECTICUT, AS WELL AS TO PAY $500,000 TOWARD PAST COSTS AND ALL BUT THE INITIAL $200,000 IN FUTURE OVERSIGHT COSTS. EPA ESTIMATES THAT THE VALUE OF THE REMEDIAL ACTION AND OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE PORTION OF THE SETTLEMENT IS $19.8 MILLION. MOREOVER, WHEN THIS IS ADDED TO THE PAST COSTS ALREADY RECOVERED IN THE PROPOSED SETTLEMENT WITH THE MURTHA ENTITIES EPA WILL HAVE RECOVERED $23.3 MILLION OF THE $24.2 MILLION IN COSTS, NOT INCLUDING INTEREST. PAST COSTS WERE INCURRED BY EPA IN CONNECTION WITH PRELIMINARY ASSESSMENT/SITE INVESTIGATION (PA/SI); OVERSIGHT OF PERFORMANCE OF A REMEDIAL INVESTIGATION/ FEASIBILITY STUDY; OVERSIGHT OF CONSTRUCTION OF A FENCE, A WATER LINE AND A SEWER LINE; AND A PRP SEARCH AND REMEDIAL DESIGN/REMEDIAL ACTION NEGOTIATIONS. THE SITE IS A 35 ACRE LANDFILL LOCATED IN THE BOROUGH OF NAUGATUCK ON THE NORTH AND WEST SLOPES OF HUNTINGTON HILL, APPROXIMATELY ONE MILE WEST OF CONNECTICUT ROUTE 8, AND NORTH OF AND ADJACENT TO HUNTERS MOUNTAIN ROAD. THE SITE HAS BEEN USED FOR WASTE DISPOSAL ACTIVIT