EPA HAS TEMPORARILY SUSPENDED REMOVAL ACTIVITIES AT THE ROEBLING STEEL COMPANY SUPERFUND SITE WHEN REPEATED ACTS OF VANDALISM AND OTHER CRIMINAL CONDUCT MADE IT UNSAFE TO CON- TINUE REMOVAL WORK AT THE SITE. EPA'S ON-SCENE CORDINATOR, WITH FULL SUPPORT OF REGION II, DETERMINED THAT, UNLESS MEASURES WERE TAKEN TO ENSURE UNIMPEDED AND UNRESTRICTED ACESS TO THE SITE, THE ONGOING REMOVAL ACTION COULD NOT CON- TINUE WITHOUT UNDUE RISK OF INJURY TO FEDERAL EMPLOYEES AND CONTRACTORS AT THE SITE, AS WELL AS THE NEARBY COMMUNITY OF ROEBLING. THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE HAS CONTACTED ROGER SCHOERNER, PRESIDENT OF JARSCO. HE WAS INFORMED OF THE ACESS DIFFI- CULTIES AND THE OTHER EVENTS THAT HAVE CAUSED A STAY OF THE REMOVAL ACTIVITIES. HIS COOPERATION WAS REQUESTED IN PRE- VENTING ACCESS IMPEDIMENTS. MR. SCHOERNER INDICATED THAT THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY HAD DECLARED THE JARSCO VOID BY BY PROCLAMATION FOR NON-PAYMENT OF TAXES AND HE HESITATED ACTING ON BEHALF OF THE COMPANY. THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE RESEARCHED THE ISSUE OF PERMISS- ABLE ACTIVITIES UNDER A VOIDED CORPORATE CHARTER AND CON- TACTED MR. SCHOERNER TO INFORM HIM THAT SIGNING A CONSENT ORDER FOR ACCESS WOULD BE A PERMISSABLE ACT OF A VOID COR- PORATION UNDER NEW JERSEY LAW. MR. SCHOERNER THEN AGREED TO SIGN A CONSENT ORDER. THE COMPLAINT AND CONSENT ORDER WERE FORWARDED TO MR. SCHOERNER ON AUGUST 9