ROD TO BE SIGNED OCT, 1987. RD/RA NEGOTIATIONS PLANNED FOR SUMMER/FALL 1987. ISSUES -50% SITE -IEPA ROLE IN 50% SITE NEGOTIATIONS -INVOLVEMENT OF GENERATORS. PURSUANT TO THE CONSENT DECREE, SEVEN POTENTIALLY RESPONSI BLE PARTIES AGREE TO IMPLEMENT THE REMEDIAL ACTION SELECTED IN OUR JUNE 1988 RECORD OF DECISION ( ROD ) AND PAY A POR- TION OF PAST RESPONSE COSTS. THE CONSENT DECREE IS BEING IS SUED PURSUANT TO SECT 106 AND 122 OF CERCLA, 42 USC SECTS 96 06 AND 9622. THE BELVIDERE MUNICIPAL LANDFILL #1 SITE (THE SITE ) IS A MUNICIPAL LANDFILL WHICH ACCEPTED HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES FROM 1965 - 1973. USEPA COMPLETED A REMEDIAL INVESTIGATION/FEASI BILITY STUDY (RI/FS) IN MAY 1988, AND ISSUED A ROD FOR THE SITE IN JUNE 1988. THE ROD CALLS FOR PLACING A RESOURCE CON SERVATION AND RECOVERY ACT HAZARDOUS WASTE LANDFILL CAP OVER THE LANDFILL CONTENTS, AND REMEDIATING CONTAMINATED GROUND- WATER THROUGH GROUNDWATER EXTRACTION AND TREATMENT. THE ES- TIMATED CLEANUP COST IN THE ROD IS $7.8M. ON MAY 25, 1988, THE USEPA ISSUED SPECIAL NOTICE PURSUANT TO SECT 122E OF CERCLA. ON OCTOBER 24, 1988, A GROUP OF SEVEN POTENTIALLY RESPONSIBLE PARTIES (PRP) SIGNED THE CON- SENT DECREE TO PERFORM THE REMEDIAL