THIS REFERRAL SEEKS RECOVERY OF COSTS INCURRED BY U.S. EPA/ REGION 5 IN SUPPORT OF A REMEDIAL INVESTIGATION, FEASIBILITY STUDY AND REMEDY SELECTION FOR THE FOUR COUNTY LANDFILL SITE IN RURAL FULTON COUNTY, INDIANA. THE LANDFILL WAS INITIALLY AUTHORIZED TO ACCEPT ONLY MUNI- CIPAL WASTE WHEN IT BEGAN OPERATING IN 1972 OR 1973, BUT BY THE EARLY 1980'S ACCEPTED PRIMARILY INDUSTRIAL HAZARDOUS WASTES. USEPA INITIATED THE HRS SCORING PROCESS FOR PLACE- MENT OF THE SITE ON THE NPL EARLY IN THE 1990S, BUT BY JANU- ARY 1992, REGION 5 AGREED THAT THE STATE OF INDIANA SHOULD ADDRESS THE SITE AS A STATE ENFORCEMENT LEAD UNDER STATE LEGAL AUTHORITIES. THE INDIANA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT CONCLUDED AN AGREEMENT FOR AN RI/FS WITH A GROUP OF NEARLY 40 PRPS IN AUGUST 1993. THE PRP GROUP PERFORMED RI/FSS FOR OU 1 AND 2, AND FEASIBILITY STUDIES FOR OU 1 AND 2. IDEM ISSUED A ROD FOR OU1 THAT WAS IMPLEMENTED IN 1999. IDEM ISSUED A PROPOSED PLAN FOR OU2 IN EARLY 2001. USEPA HAS NOT BEEN INVOLVED IN THE REMEDY CONSTRUCTION, BUT ASSISTED THE EFFORTS OF THE STATE AND THE PRP GROUP BY COMPLETING A WASTE-IN TRANSACTIONAL DATABASE AND VOLUMETRIC RANKING IN 1994, AND BY REVIEWING DOCUMENTS GENERATED BY PRPS AND IDEM IN THE PRE-REMEDIAL PROCESS, INCLUDING THE REMEDIAL INVESTIGATION REPORTS, THE FEASIBILITY STUDIES, AND THE ROD FOR OU1. REGION 5 ANTICIPATES MOST ADDITIONAL COSTS FOR REVIEW OF THE ROD FOR OU2 WHEN I