AXTON CROSS COMPANY, LOCATED AT 1 CROSS ST., HOLLISTON,MA. AND 925 WASHINGTON ST., AUBURN, MAINE IS A BROKER/TRANSPORTR OF HAZ. WASTES. BETWEEN APPROX. FEB. 26 1981 AND MAY 24,1984 AXTON CROSS TRANSPORTED HAZ. SUBSTANCES TO THE UNION CHEM. CO. INC. FACILITY IN S.HOPE ME. FOR TREATMENT OR DISPOSAL. THE UNION CHEM. SITE WAS PROPOSED FOR THE NPL IN 1985 AND WAS LISTED IN OCT. 1989. AXTON CROSS COMPANY CONTRIBUTED 61,516 GLNS, OR ROUGHLY 2.01% OF THE HAZ. SUBSTANCES TO THE SITE. AXTON CROSSWAS FIRST NOTIFIED OF ITS LIABILITY IN A GENERAL LETTER SENT BY EPA RG I ON MARCH 23, 1987. ON FEB.28 1991, EPA RG I ISSUED SPECIAL NOTICE TO AXTON CROSS AND OTHER PRPS INITIATING NEGOTIATIONS FOR PERFORMANCE OF RD/RA FOR THE SITE. ON AUG. 1, 1991 60 PRPS,INCLUDING AXTO CROSS SIGNED A CONSENT DECREE IN WHICH THEY AGREED TO PERFORM THE RD/RA AND PAY MOST OF EPAS PAST AND FUTURE COSTS.