THIS LETTER REFERS TO YOU FOR YOUR FILING A PROOF OF CLAIM IN THE BANKRUPTCY OF WASTECO, INC. WASTECO, INC. IS A CHAPTER 11 DEBTOR IN THE BANKRUPTCY COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF MINNESOTA. THE BASIS FOR WASTECO'S LIABILITY TO THE UNITED STATES, AND THE BASIS FOR THE PROOF OF CLAIM, IS THAT WASTECO IS AN OWNER OF REAL PROPERTY WHICH IS PART OF THE WASTE DISPOSAL ENGINEERING (WDE) LANDFILL SITE, IN ANDOVER, MN. REMEDIAL ACTION COSTS HAVE BEEN AND ARE BEING INCURRED REGARDING THE SITE PURSUANT TO CERCLA. ON 7/12/92, THE USEPA NOTIFIED WASTECO, PURSUANT TO SECTION 122 OF CERCLA, THAT IS A PRP FOR IMPLEMENTING REMDIAL ACTION AT THE WDE SITE. EACH PRP, INCLUDING WASTECO, IS JOINTLY AND SEVERLLY LIABLE FOR COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE SITE, PURSUANT TO SECTION 107 OF CERCLA, FOR THE RELEASE OF HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES AT AND FROM THE SITE. ON 9/8/83, THE SITE WAS PLACED ON THE NPL PURSUANT TO SECTION 5 OF CERCLA. CERTAIN PRPS THEN ENTERED INTO A CONSENT ORDER TO CONDUCT A RI/FS. THE RI/FS HAS BEEN COMPLETED, AND THE ROD PUBLISHED. ON 8/2/91, USEPA ISSUED A UNILATERAL ADM ORDER (UAO) TO 28 PARTIES TO CONDUCT THE REMEDIAL DESIGN AND REMEDIAL ACTION, SINCE NO CONSENT DECREE WAS AGREED UPON WITH THE PRPS. ON 9/27/91, I REFERRED TO YOUR OFFICE AN ACTION TO RECOVER FROM 12 PRPS, INCLUDING WASTECO, THE UNREIMBURSED PAST COSTS INCURRED BY THE U.S. AT THE S