THE KELLOGG-DEERING SITE IS LOCATED IN NORWALK, CT. THE SITE INCLUDES A 10-ACRE PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY WELL FIELD LOCATED ALONG THE WESTERN BANK OF THE NORWALK RIVER AND ADJACENT AREAS THAT HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THE CONTAMINATION OF THE WELL FIELD. THE WELL FIELD IS OWNED AND OPERATED BY THE NORWALK FIRST TAXING DISTRICT WATER DEPARTMENT. IT CONSISTS OF FOUR WELLS THAT SUPPLY APPROXIMATELY 25 PERCENT OF THE WATER FOR NORWALK'S 45,000 RESIDENTS. TRICLOROETHENE WAS FIRST DISCOVERED AT THE WELL FIELD DURING ROUTINE MONITORING BY THE NORWALK CITY HEALTH DEPARTMENT IN 1975. THE WELL FIELD WAS SHUT DOWN UNTIL 1981, WHEN THE NFTD WATER DEPARTMENT INSTALLED A WELLHEAD TREATMENT SYSTEM. THE SITE WAS PLACED ON THE NATIONAL PRIORITIES LIST IN 1984. EPA ESTIMATES THAT THERE ARE 20,165 POUNDS OF TCE CONTAMINATING THE SOIL AND GROUNDWATER AT THE SITE. OTHER CONTAMINATES THAT HAVE BEEN DETECTED AT THE SITE INCLUDE, AMONG OTHERS, TETRACHLOROETHENE, 1,2 DICHLOROETHENE, METHYLENE CHLORIDE, TOLUENE, ETHYLBENZENE, TOLUENE AND BENZENE.(CON'T) ELINCO ASSOCIATES PURCHASED PROPERTY AT THE SITE IN 1986. COFAT AND PARTNERS IS THE SOLE GENERAL PARTNER OF ELINCO AND OWNS A 70 PERCENT INTEREST IN ELINCO. UNDER THE CONSENT DECREE, ELINCO AGREES TO REIMBURSE THE UNITED STATES $255,000 IN PAST RESPONSE COSTS RELATING TO THE THE FIRST AND SECOND OPERABLE UNITS AND $30,000 AS SETTLEMENT OF EPA'S CLAIMS RELATING TO ELINCO'S NON-COMP