PURSUANT TO A SACM ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER ON CONSENT ( AOC ) SEVENTY FOUR (74) POTENTIALLY RESPONSIBLE PARTIES ( PRPS ) HAVE VOLUNTARILY AGREED TO CONTAIN AND CLEAN UP GROUNDWATER AND SOIL CONTAMINATION POSING AN IMMINENT AND SUBSTANTIAL ENDANGERMENT TO THE RESIDENTS OF THE VILLAGE OF GRANVILLE AND A REIMBURSE U.S. EPA FOR 100% OF ITS PAST AND OVERSIGHT COSTS. THE GRANVILLE SOLVENTS SITE IS LOCATED AT PALMER LANE, GRANVILLE, LICKING COUNTY , OHIO. WITHIN A PRIMARILY RESIDENTIAL AREA WHICH INCLUDES COMMERICAL AND LIGHT-INDUSTRIAL BUSINESSES NEARBY. DURING THE 1980S, THE NOW DEFUNCT GRANVILLE SOLVENTS, INC., OPERATED A SOLVENTS RECYCLING BUSINESS AT THE SITE. THE SITE IS SITUATED APPROXIMATELY 1/3 MILE SOUTHWEST OF DOWNTOWN GRANVILLE. THE VILLAGE OF GRANVILLE OF GRANVILLE'S MUNICIPAL WELLFIELD IS LOCATED APPROXIMATLELY 1,000 FEET NORTHWEST OF THE ABANDONED GRANVILLE SOLVENT FACILITY AND CONSISTS OF THREE WELLS. THE WELLFIELD PROVIDES DRINKING WATER TO SEVERAL THOUSAND RESIDENTS IN THE VILLAGE OF GRANVILLE AS WELL AS DENSION UNIVERSITY, WHICH ENROLLS APPROXIMATELY 1,800 FULL-TIME STUDENTS PER YEAR. AN ADDITIONAL 250 PEOPLE FROM OUTSIDE THE VILLAGE OF GRANVILLE ARE CONNECTED TO THIS WELLFIELD SYSTEM. IN LATE 1993, THE STATE OF OHIO REFERRED THE SITE TO U. S. EPA FOR IMMEDIATE ACTION UNDER U. S. EPA'S SUPERFUND ACCELERATED CLEANUP MODEL ( SA