THIS REFERRAL REQUESTS THAT THE UNITED STATES FILE A COST RECOVERY ACTION, PURSUANT TO SECTION 107 OF THE COMPREHEN- SIVE ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSE, COMPENSATION AND LIABILITY ACT OF 1980, AS AMENDED BY THE SUPERFUND AMENDMENTS AND REAUTHORIZATION ACTION OF 1986, PUBLIC LAW 99-499 ( CERCLA ) , 42 U.S.C. 9607, SEEKING RECOVERY OF AT LEAST $355,891.00 OF CERCLA FUNDS THAT THE UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTEC- TION AGENCY ( EPA ) HAS EXPENDED FOR RESPONSE ACTIONS AT THE ORBIT ENTERPRISES SITE, LOCATED IN CALHOUN COUNTY, MICHIGAN (THE ORBIIT SITE ). THE DEFENFANTS TO THIS ACTION WOULD BE THE ESTATES OF TWO SITE OWNERS: DONALD E. WALTER AND HIS WIFE, CHARLOTTE WALTER. MR. AND MRS. WALTER, AT THE TIME OF THEIR DEATHS ON NOVEMBER 25, 2000, AND FOR SEVERAL YEARS PREVIOUS, OWNED VARIOUS PARCELS OF PROPERTY THAT CONSTITUTE THE ORBIT SITE. THE ORBIT ENTERPRISES SITE IS LOCATED AT 344 THROUGH 368 E BURNHAM STREET IN BATTLE CREEK, CALHOUN COUNTY, MICHIGAN, 49105. THE SITE IS TWO ACRES IN SIZE. THERE ARE TWELVE INTERCONNECTED BRICK INDUSTRIAL BUILDINGS ON SITE. THE ON- SITE BUILDINGS ARE IN POOR CONDITION. PARTS OF THE BUILDING COMPLEX ARE COLLAPSING OR HAVE ALREADY COLLAPSED. THE ROOFS LEAK OR ARE MISSING IN MOST AREAS. THE ORBIT ENTERPRISES SITE WAS BUILT IN THE EARLY 1900S BY U.S. REGISTER COMPANY, WHICH OPERATED AT THE FACILITY UNTIL 1981 AS A MANUFACTURER OF FURNACE RE