THIS PROPOSED COST RECOVERY CASE CONCERNS THE CONRAIL SITE IN ELKHART, INDIANA. THE CONRAIL SITE WAS PROPOSED FOR THE NATIONAL PRIORITIES LIST IN JUNE 1988. U.S. EPA IS CURRENT- LY CONDUCTING A REMEDIAL INVESTIGATION/FEASIBILIYT STUDY OF THE CONRAIL SITE. - FROM JUNE 1986 TO MARCH 1987, U.S. EPA CONDUCTED REMOVAL ACTIVITIES IN RESPONSE TO THE RELEASE AND SUBSTANTIAL THREAT OF RELEASE OF TRICHLOROETHYLENE AND CARBON TETRACHLORIDE FROM THE CONRAIL SITE. U.S. EPA EXPENDED THESE FUNDS DURING A REMOVAL ACTION DESIGNATED AS THE MAIN STREET WELL FIELD REMOVAL ACTION, ELKHART, INDIANA . THE MAIN STREET WELL FIELD REMOVAL ACTION INCLUDED SIX OR SEVEN DISTRICT AREAS OF CONTAMINATION. THE CONRAIL RAIL YARD, ELKHART, INDIANA IS BELIEVED TO BE THE SOURCE OF THE CONTAMINATION IN TWO OF THESE AREAS: THE COUNTY ROAD 1 AND LARUE STREET AREAS OF ELKHART, INDIANA. U.S. EPA RESPONDED TO THE RELEASE BY IN- STALLING WATER FILTRATION SYSTEMS, WATER MAIN CONNECTIONS, AND BY SUPPLYING BOTTLED WATER TO AFFECTED RESIDENTS IN THE COUNTY ROAD 1 AND LARUE STREET AREAS OF ELKHART, IN. - U.S. EPA SEEKS THE RECOVERY OF APPROXIMATELY $350,000 IN PAST COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE REMOVAL ACTIVITIES CONDUCTED IN THE COUNTY ROAD 1 AND LARUE STREET AREAS OF ELKHART, INDIANA PURSUANT TO SECTION 107 OF C