THE CD IS INTENDED TO SETTLE THE CLAIMS OF THE US AGAINST 26 MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE (MSW) GENERATORS CONSISTENT WITH THE FEBRUARY 5, 1998 POLICY FOR MUNICIPALITY AND MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE CERCLA SETTLEMENTS AT NPL CO-DISPOSAL SITES , AND PURSUANT TO THE AUTHORITY OF CERCLA SECTION 107(A). EPA HAS PERFORMED A RI/FS AT THE SITE, AND A RECORD OF DECISION (ROD) WAS EXECUTED IN 1992. PRE-DESIGN & REMEDIAL ACTION WORK ARE BEING CARRIED OUT BY WASTE MANAGEMENT OF ILLINOIS AND THE TRI-COUNTY LANDFILL COMPANY. A DE-MINIMIS SETTLE- MENT WITH 125 GENERATORS RESULTED IN RECOVERY OF $2,072,421. APPROXIMATELY $168,069.42 WILL BE RECOVERED FROM THE 26 PAR- TIES TO THIS CD. EPA'S UNRECOVERED PAST RESPONSE COSTS, AS OF THE DATE OF THE MSW OFFER MAILING EXCEEDED $900,000. CONTAMINANTS FOUND AT THE SITE AND CONTRIBUTING MOST SIGNIFI CANTLY TO SITE RISKS INCLUDE: VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS IN- CLUDING VINYL CHLORIDE, BENZENE, TRICHLOROETHANE AND 2-BUTA- NONE; VARIOUS SEMI-VOLATILE ORGANIC CHEMICALS INCLUDING BEN- ZO(A) ANTHRACENE, BENZO (B) FLUORANTHENE, BENZO (K) FLUORAN- THENE, AND CHRYSENE; PESTICIDES INCLUDING 4,4'-DDT; POLY- CHLORINATED BIPHENYLS (AROCLOR 1242 AND AROCLOR 1254); AND INORGANICS INCLUDING ARSENIC, BERYLLIUM, CHROMIUM, NICKEL, ANTIMONY, BARIUM, COBALT, THALLIUM AND MANGANESE.