PROVIDE PRIOR WRITTEN APPROVAL OF THE PROPOSED DE MINIMIS SETTLEMENT ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER IN THE I. JONES RECYCLING CASE. THIS REQUEST IS MADE PURSUANT TO SECTION 122(G) OF THE CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. SECTION 9622(G). UNDER THIS PROPOSED SETTLEMENT, 139 COMPANIES HAVE AGREED TO PAY A TOTAL OF $2,172,038.74 INTO THE HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES SUPERFUND. OF THAT, $1,888,326.05 REPRESENTS REIMBURSEMENT FOR A PORTION OF THE AGENCY'S PAST COSTS AT THE SITE AND $283,712.69 REPRE SENTS PAYMENTS IN SETTLEMENT OF POTENTIAL PENALTY LIABILITY FACED BY PARTIES WHO HAD NOT COMPLIED WITH THE AGENCY'S JULY 27, 1988, UNILATERAL CLEANUP ORDER. - THE I. JONES RECYCLING SITE IN FORT WAYNE, INDIANA, WAS OPER ATED AS AN INTERIM STATUS HAZARDOUS WASTE STORAGE AND RECY- CLING FACILITY FORM 1980 UNTIL 1986. THE 4.5 ACRE SITE IS ADJACENT TO A LARGE SHOPPING CENTER AND SEVERAL SMALL BUSI- NESSES, AND IS LOCATED NEAR RESIDENTIAL AREAS. ON OCTOBER 14, 1986, AND SEPTEMBER 3, 1987, U.S. EPA ISSUED UNILATERAL CLEANUP ORDERS TO THE SITE OWNERS AND OPERATORS FOR PERFORM- ANCE OF THE FIRST PHASES OF THE REMOVAL ACTIVITES NEEDED AT THE SITE. THESE FIRST PAHSES INCLUDED SECURING, STAGING, SAMPLING, OVERPACKING, AND DISPOSING OF HUNDREDS OF THOU- SANDS OF GALLONS OF HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES CONTAINED IN DRUMS, BULK STORAGE TANKS AND ROLLOFF BOXES AT THE SITE. THE OWN- ERS AND OPERATORS REFUSED TO COMPLY