THIS IS A COST RECOVERY REFERRAL PRIMARILY OVERSIGHT COSTS FOR THE SITE. THE PRP'S HAD CONDUCTED AN RI/FS UNDER A CONSENT ORDER. NEGOTIATIONS FOR AN RD/RA CONSENT DECREE WERE UNSUCCESSFUL. A SECTION 106 ORDER WAS ISSUED. GENERAL MOTORS COMPLETED THE RD/RA UNDER THE ORDER. CMC DID NOT PARTICIPATE IN THE RD/RA ACTIVITIES AND ATTEMPTED TO CHALLENGE ITS STATUS AS A PRP JUDICIALLY. THE REFERRAL SEEKS DAMAGES UNDER SECTION 106(A) WITH REGARD TO CMC. ON JULY 14, 1998, THE UNITED STATES FILED A COM PLIANT IN THE FEDERAL DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF WISCONSIN AGAINST CMD HEARTLAND PARTNERS ( CMC ) AND GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION ( GM ) SEEKING RECOVERY OF PAST RESPONSE COSTS RELATED TO THE WHEELER PIT NPL SITE. ON THIS SAME DAY A CONSENT DECREE WAS LODGED UNDER WHICH CMC AND GM HAVE AGREED TO REIMBURSE THE UNITED STATES FOR $620,661.78 OF ITS PAST RESPONSE COSTS. THIS AMOUNT IS 95% OF THE SUM OF U.S. EPA'S PAST COSTS, AGENCY FOR TOXIC SUBSTANCES AND DISEASE REGISTRY ( ATSDR ) COSTS, AND THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE'S ( DOJ ) COSTS INCURRED FOR WORK ASSOCIATED WITH THE SITE THROUGH MAY 31, 1997, WITH INTEREST WAIVED. BACKGROUND: THE WHEELER PIT SITE IS LOCATED DIRECTLY NORTH- WEST OF THE INTERSECTION OF COUNTY HIGHWAY O (OLD DELAVAN ROAD) AND COUNTY HIGHWAY J IN LA PRAIRIE TOWNSHIP, ROCK COUNTY, WISCONSIN. IT IS LOCATED WITHIN A PHYSICAL DEPRESSION APPROXIMATELY 50 FEET DEE