NATURE OF THE CASE NEGOTIATIONS BETWEEN THE EPA, DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, STATE OF MICHIGAN AND 10 GENERATOR COMPANIES RESULTED IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF A CONSENT DECRE AND WORKPLAN WHICH PROVIDED FOR THE CLEANUP OF SURFACE AREAS OF THE BERLIN AND FARRO SITE. THE GENERATOR COMPANIES HAVE AGREED TO COMMENCE AND COMPLETE THE CLEANUP. THE VOLUNTARY CLEANUP EFFORT, WHICH BEGAN ON MARCH 22, 1984, IS CURRENTLY DIRECTED BY THE EPA ON-SCENE COORDINATOR IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE NEGOTIATED CONSENT DECREE AND WORKPLAN. THE CONSENT DECREE WAS LODGED IN FEDERAL DISTRICT COURT CONTEMPORANEOUSLY WITH THE COMPLAINT WHICH WILL IDENTIFY AS DEFENDANTS ONLY SETTLING PARTIES. THE EPA MAY PROCEED AGAINST ANY NON-SETTLING PARTIES AT A LATER POINT. THE CASE AGAINST THE DEFENDANTS (SETTLING DEFENDANTS) REFLECTS THE NEGOTIATIONS. FIRST, EPA SEEKS TO RECOVER $350,000 FROM THE DEFENDANTS. APPROXIMATELY $750,000 HAS BEEN EXPENDED BY THE EPA AT THE BERLIN AND FARRO SITE: $92,000 WAS EXPENDED DURING AN EMERGENCY RESPONSE ACTION IN 1982; $600,000 WAS EXPENDED DURING AN EMERGENCY RESPONSE ACTION IN 1983; AND ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS FOR REGION V HAVE BEEN ASSESSED TO BE $58,000. SECOND, EPA SEEKS TO REQUIRE THAT THE SETTLING DEFENDANTS IMPLEMENT THE AUGUST 31, 1983 FOCUSED FEASIBILITY STUDY WHICH RECOMM