REFERRAL IS FORM CONCURRENCE AND EXECUATION OF A DE MINIMIS SETTLEMENT FOR THE METAMORA LANDFILL SITE. THE SITE IS LOCATED IN METAMORA TOWNSHIP, LAPEER COUNTY, MICHIGAN. THE SITE EXISTS ON A LAND PARCEL APPROXIMATLEY 100 ACRES IN SIZE AND CONTAINS A 25-ACRE LANDFILL. A GRAVEL MINING FACILITY IS LOCATED ON THE SITE, SOUTH OF THE LANDFILL, AND A LICENSE SOLID WASTE TRANSFER STATION CURRENTLY OPERATING ON THE WESTERN SIDE OF THE SITE IS BEING RELOCATED. THE SURROUNDIN G LAND USE IS BOTH RESIDENTIOAL AND AGRICULTURAL. THERE IS A SHALLOW AND INTERMEDIATE AQUIFER PRESENT ABOVE THE BEDROCK AQUIFER. LANDFILL OPERATIONS AT THE SITE BEGAN IN 1955 AS A PRIVATELY OWNED, UNREGULATED OPEN DUMP. IN 1969, THE LANDFILL WAS UPGRADED TO MEET EXISTING STATE STANDARDS, AND LICENSED TO RECEIVE GENERAL REFUSE. THE LANDFILL ACCEPTED BOTH MUNICI- PAL AND IDUSTRIAL WASTE UNTIL IT WAS CLOSED IN 1980. INDUST RIAL WASTE WAS OFTEN DISPOSED OF AT THE LANDFILL AS DRUMMED WASTE. NO RECORDS HAVE BEEN DISCOVERED THAT SHOW THE DISPOSAL PRACTICES OF THE FORMER OPERATOR. HOWEVER, IT IS KNOWN THAT WASTE AND DRUMS WERE DISPOSED OF IN UNLINED EXCA VATIONS (FORMER MINING PITS OR BORROW AREAS). IN 1981, APPROXIMATELY EIGHT DRUMS WERE UNEARTHED IN THE NORTHWEST AREA OF THE SITE DURING EXCAVATIONS FOR THE NEARBY SOLID WASTE TRANSFER STATION. THE MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES (MDNR) SAMPLED SEV