THE REFERRAL RECOMMENDED FILING A COST RECOVERY ACTION PURSUANT TO SECTION 107 OF CERCLA FOR APPROXIMATELY $1.2 MILLION IN PAST COSTS AND FOR ALL FUTURE COSTS FOR THE SOUTH MUNICIPAL WELL SUPERFUND SITE IN PETERBOROUGH, NEW HAMPSHIRE. THE PROPOSED DEFENDANT IS NEW HAMPSHIRE BALL BEARINGS, INC. ( NHBB ), A SUBSIDIARY OF MINEBEA CO., LTD OF JAPAN. ENFORCEMENT HISTORY: THE SOUTH MUNICIPAL WELL WAS INSTALLED IN 1952. IN 1982 NEW HAMPSHIRE WATER SUPPLY AND POLLUTION CONTROL COMMISSION ( NHWSPCC ) SAMPLING SHOWED THE PRESENCE OF VOCS. AT THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE EPA AND NHWSPCC, THE TOWN THEN DISCONTINUED USE OF THE WELL. IN MAY 1983, THE SOUTH WELL SITE WAS LISTED ON THE NPL. IN 1984 AND 1985, THE STATE CONDUCTED A HYDROGEOLOGIC INVESTIGATION TO CHARACTER- IZE THE AQUIFER SUPPLYING GROUNDWATER TO THE SOUTH WELL. ON JULY 26, 1986, NHBB ENTERED INTO AN ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER BY CONSENT TO CONDUCT THE RI/FS. NHBB COMPLETED THE RI/FS IN JULY, 1989 AND ITS RESULTS DEMONSTRATED THAT NHBB'S OPERATING AND WASTE DISPOSAL PRACTICES WERE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CONTAMINATION AT THE SITE. ON SEPTEMBER 27, 1989, EPA ISSUED A ROD FOR THE SITE. THE SELECTED REMEDY IS COMPRISED OF SIX COMPONENTS, INCLUDING: 1. GROUNDWATER PUMP-AND-TREAT USING AIR STRIPPING WITH EMISSIONS CONTROLS FOR VOCS; 2. IN SITU VACUUM EXTRACTION FOR CONTAMINATED SOILS; 3. EXCAVATION AND/OR DREDGING OF SED