ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER ON CONSENT WAS ISSUED TO PRPS ON 12/29/89 AFTER LAS PRP SIGNATURE PAGES ARRIVED. ORDER WAS SIGNED BY DIRECTOR WMD ON 11/13/89, AND A FINAL OPPORTUNITY TO JOIN THE PRPS WHO HAD ALREADY SIGNED ON WAS THEN OFFERED. 31 PRPS AGREED TO PERFORM REMOVAL ACTIVITIES INCLUDING PRO- VISION OF A FENCE AND SITE SECURITY, REMOVAL OF A CONTAMI- NATED SOIL PILE, SAMPLING SITE SOIL AND REMOVAL OF CONTAMI- NATED SOIL, PERFORMANCE OF PETRER RESTING FOR GROUNDWATER CONTAMINATION AND REMEDIATION OF ANY SUCH CONTAMINATION, RE- MOVAL OF WASTE DRUMS, AND DECONTAMINATION OR REMOVAL OF A DILAPIDATED, CONTAMINATED STORAGE SHED WHICH CONTAINED THOSE DRUMS. - USEPA HAD ISSUED A UNILATERAL ORDER REQUIRING THIS SAME WORK TO 20 PRPS ON 9/1/89. THOSE PRPS PROVIDED A COMMITMENT TO PERFORM THE NECESSARY REMOVAL ACTIVITIES. AT THE REQUEST OF THE PRPS, U.S.EPA AGREED TO CONVERT THE ORIGINAL UNILATERAL ORDER INTO AN ORDER ON CONSENT UNDER WHICH MORE PRPS AGREED TO PERFORM THE WORK AND THESE PRPS ALSO AGREED TO REIMBURSE ALL OF U.S.EPA'S PAST AND FURTURE COSTS.