THIS IS AN ACTION TO RECOVER PAST COSTS INCURRED BY EPA IN UNDERTAKING AND/OR FUNDING RESPONSE ACTIONS AT THE ATLANTIC RESOURCES CORP SITE, LOCATED IN SAYREVILLE, NEW JERSEY. THE RESPONSE ACTIONS WHICH HAVE BEEN FUNDED BY EPA AT THE SITE INCLUDE CONDUCT OF A PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATION AND REMOVAL ACTIVITIES INCLUDING SITE STABILIZING ACTIVITIES, CLEANING UP SPILLS, MONITORING AND SAMPLING, DRUM DISPOSAL, DISMANTLING OF STORAGE TANKS AND DISPOSAL OF HAZARDOUS SUB- STANCES. THE SITE IS NOT LISTED ON THE NATIONAL PRIORITIES LIST (NPL). NJDEP CURRENTLY HAS THE LEAD IN CONDUCTING THE RI/FS FOR THE SITE AND SEVERAL ADJACENT SITES. REIMBURSEMENT IS SOUGHT FROM FIVE GENERATOR PRPS WHO SENT HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES TO THE SITE, AND FROM THREE OWNER- OPERATORS, INCLUDING ATLANTIC RESOURCES CORPORATION WHICH IS CURRENTLY IN CHAPTER 7 BANKRUPTCY. EPA SEEKS: (A) RECOVERY OF ALL COSTS WHICH HAVE BEEN IN- CURRED BY EPA IN CONNECTION WITH THE SITE, AS WELL AS PRE- JUDGMENT INTEREST; AND (B) A DECLARATORY JUDGMENT AS TO THE DEFENDANTS' LIABILITY FOR FUTURE EXPENSES TO BE INCURRED BY EPA IN CONNECTION WITH THE SITE. PURSUANT TO 42 U.S.C. SECTION 9607(A) EPA SENT NOTICE LETTERS TO THREE OF THE GENERATOR DEFENDANTS ON JAN. 9, 1987 AND ALL THREE DECLINED TO PARTICIPATE IN THE REMOVAL. EPA HAS ISSUED NOTICE AND DEMAND LETTERS TO ALL THE PROPOSED DEFENDANTS EXCEPT THE DEPARTMENT OF