EPA HAS COMMENCED CERTAIN CERCLA RESPONSE ACTIONS AT THE SITE, WHICH IS ON THE NATIONAL PRIORITIES LIST. AT LEAST $31,546.59 HAS BEEN SPENT ON THOSE RESPONSE ACTIONS TO DATE. PROPOSED RELIEF TO BE SOUGHT: EXPEDITED FILING OF A PROOF OF CLAIM IN THE CHAPTER 11 BANKRUPTCY ACTION. NO SIGNIFICANT NATIONAL OR PRECEDENTIAL LEGAL ISSUES FORM A PART OF THIS PROOF OF CLAIM. THE FACT THAT THERE APPEAR TO BE SEVERAL COMPANIES INTERESTED IN PURCHASING THIS NPL SITE RAISES AN ISSUE TO BE ADDRESSED IN ACCORDANCE WITH EPA'S NEW DRAFT POLICY ON THIS ISSUE. * FAX NOTICE REC'D ON MAY 20, 1997 FROM DOJ. CASE CLOSED DISMISSED BY THE TRIBUNAL ON OCTOBER 7, 1996.