ON AUGUST 5, 2013, REGIONAL ADMINISTRATOR SHAWN M. GARVIN SIGNED A BANKRUPTCY REFERRAL REPORT REQUESTING THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE TO FILE A PROTECTIVE PROOF OF CLAIM UNDER RULE 3003 OF THE FEDERAL RULES OF BANKRUPTCY PROCEDURE IN A CHAPTER 11 BANKRUPTCY PROCEEDING Â IN RE: CONEXANT SYSTEMS, INC (CASE NO. 13-10367) Â WHICH IS BEFORE THE U.S. BANKRTUPCY COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF DELAWARE. DEBTR CONEXANT SYSTEMS, INC IS THE SUCCESSOR TO A POTENTIALLY RESPONSIBLE PARTY AT THE RECITON/ALLIED STEEL SUPERFUND SITE, LOCATED IN PARKER FORD, EAST COVENTRY TOWNSHIP, CHESTER COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA. EPA HAS REQUESTD THAT DOJ FILE THE PROTECTIVE PROOF OF CLAIM TO ENSURE THAT CONEXANT MEETS ITS INJUNCTIVE OBLIGATION TO COMPLETE A REMEDIAL ACTION AT THE SITE. IN 1994, EPA ISSUED AN ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER UNDER SECTION 106(a) OF CERCLA TO ROCKWELL INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION AND THREE OTHER RESPONDENTS, REQUIRING THEM TO PERFORM THE REMEDIAL DESIGN AND REMEDIAL ACTION AT THE SITE TO ADDRESS RELEASES OF TRICHLORETHYLENE AND OTHER HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES IN GROUNDWATER AT THE SITE. THESE RELEASES HAD CONTAMINATED THE DRINKING-WATER WELLS OF NEARBY RESIDENCES. IN 1998, CONEXANT, A ONCE WHOLLY OWNED SUBSIDIARY OF ROCKWELLÂS , SPUN OFF FROM ITS PARENT AND EXPRESSLY ASSUMED ALL LIABILITIES ASSOCIATED WITH ROCKWELLÂS FORMER SEMICONDUCTOR BUSINESS, INCLUDING ITS OBLIGATIONS UNDER EPAÂS 1994 ORDER. THUS, SINCE ITS SPIN-OFF FROM ROCKWELL IN 1998, CONEXANT HAS PERFORMED THE REMEDIAL ACTION