BRIEF SUMMARY - THE COASTAL PLAINS TREATING COMPANY SITE IS LOCATED IN TIFTON, GA. FROM 1946 TO 1984, SITE PROPERTY WAS LEASED TO A NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS & BUSINESSES WHO USED THE PROPERTY TO CONDUCT WOOD PRESERVING OPERATIONS. WOOD TREATING OPERATIONS CONDUCTED AT THE SITE RESULTED IN THE RELEASE OF CREOSOTE & PCP INTO THE ENVIRONMENT. BEGINNING IN 1997, EPA UNDERTOOK RESPONSE ACTIONS WHICH INCLUDED THE TAKING OF SURFACE SOIL/SEDIMENTS SAMPLES & THE REMOVAL OF APPROX. 2,000 CUBIC YARDS OF DIOXIN CONTAMINATED SOILS. THE PHYSICAL REMOVAL WAS COMPLETED IN JUNE 1998, AT A TOTAL COST TO THE AGENCY OF $3,394,889.94. NATURE & NUMBER OF DEFENDANTS: MR. JAMES E. NEWTON OWNED THE SITE, IN WHOLE OR IN PART, FOR NEARLY 50 YR