THIS LETTER IS TO REFER TO YOUR OFFICE FOR APPROPRIATE ACTION A MATTER INVOLVING ORGANIC CHEMICALS, INC., LOCATED IN GRANDVILLE, MICHIGAN , AND ITS PARENT COMPANY, SPARTAN CHEMICAL COMPANY, LOCATED IN WYOMING, MICHIGAN. AS DESCRIBED MORE SPECIFICALLY IN THE ATTACHED LITIGATION REPORT, BOTH ORGANIC CHEMICALS, INC. AND SPARTAN CHEMICAL COMPANY ARE CHAPTER 7 DEBTORS IN THE BANKRUPTCY COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN. THE ORGANIC CHEMICALS, INC. SITE WAS PLACED ON THE NATIONAL PRIORITIES IN SEPTEMBER 1983; THE SPARTAN CHEMICAL COMPANY SITE WAS PLACED ON THE NATIONAL PRIORITIES LIST IN NOVEMBER 1983. ORGANIC CHEMICALS, INC. IS THE PRESENT OWNER AND OPERATOR OF THE SOLVENT RECYCLING AND CHEMICAL MANUFACTURING FACILITY IN GRANDVILLE, MICHIGAN , AND IS A SUBSIDIARY OF SPARTAN CHEMICAL COMPANY. SPARTAN CHEMICAL OWNED AND OPERATED THE ORGANIC CHEMICALS, INC. FACILITY FROM 1968 TO 1979; FROM 1968 TO THE PRESENT, SPARTAN CHEMICAL COMPANY ACCEPTED HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES FOR TRANSPORT TO THE ORGANIC CHEMICALS, INC. SITE. SPARTAN CHEMICAL COMPANY IS ALSO THE PRESENT OWNER AND OPERATOR OF A CHEMICAL DISTRIBUTION AND PACKAGING CENTER IN WYOMING, MICHIGAN. BOTH ORGANIC CHEMICALS, INC. AND SPARTAN CHEMICAL COMPANY ARE LIABLE UNDER SECTION 107 OF THE COMPREHENSIVE ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSE, COMPENSATION AND LIABILITY ACT, 42 U.S. C. SECTION 9601 ET SEQ., AS AME