REFERRAL IS FOR CONCURRENCE AND EXECUTION OF A SETTLEMENT FOR THE METAMOR LANDFILL SITE. THE SITE IS LOCATED IN METAMORA TOWNSHIP, LAPEER COUNTY, MICHIGAN. THE SITE EXISTS ON A LAND PARCEL APPROXIMATELY 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 LICENSED SOLID WASTE TRANSFER STATION CURRENTLY OPERATING ON THE WESTERN SIDE OF THE SITE IS BEING LOCATED. THE SURROUNDING LAND USE IS BOTH RESIDENTIAL 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 LAND FILL WAS UPGRADED TO MEET EXISTING STATE STANDARDS, AND LICENSED TO RECEIVE GENERAL REFUSE. THE LANDFILL ACCEPTED BOTH MUNICIPAL AND INDUSTRIAL WASTE UNTIL IT WAS CLOSED IN 1980. INDUSTRIAL WASTE WAS OFTEN DISPOSED OF AT THE LAND- FILL 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 EXCAVATIONS (FORMER MINING PITS OR BORROW AREAS. IN 1981, APPROXIMATELY EIGHT DRUMS WERE UNEARTHED IN THE NORTHWEST AREA OF THE SITE DURING EXCAVATION FOR THE NEARBY SOLID WASTE TRANFER STATION. THE MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES (MDNR) SAMPLED SEVEN OF THESE DRUMS AND IDENTIFIED THE PRESENCE OF HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES