THE PRP'S SIGNED CONSENT DECREE IN 1990 WHICH WAS LODGED & ENTERED I 1991, WHICH REQUIRED THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE ROD REMEDY ISV AND PAYMENT OF OVERSIGHT COSTS. BECAUSE OF DELAYS IN IMPLEMENTATION THE ISV TECHNOLOGY AND THE DETERIORATING GROUNDWATER QUALITY, THE US EPA & THE PRP'S AGREED TO HAVE THE PRP'S EXCAVATE THE POINT SOURCE AREA. US OPPOSED TO VITRIFYING IT. THIS AGREEMENT WAS MEMORILIZED IN THE A.O. ISSUED ON 10/24/94 WHICH CALLS FOR EXCAVATION AND OFF SITE DISPOSAL OF THE POINT SOURCE AREA.