THIS IS A REFERRAL (LITIGATION REPORT) PURSUANT TO SECTION 107 OF THE COMPREHENSIVE ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSE, COMPENSATION, AND LIABILITYL ACT OF 1980, AS AMENDED BY THE SUPERFUND AMENDMENTS AND REQUTHORIZATION ACT OF 1986, PUB. L. NO. 99-499 (CERCLA), 42 U.S.C. SECTION 9607, FOR RECOUPMENT OF $1,344,159.81 PLUS INTEREST EXPENDED ON RESPONSE MEASURES UNDERTAKEN AT THE ROGERS ROAD MUNICIPAL LANDFILL LOCATED IN JACKSONVILLE, ARKANSAS. THE PROPERTY WAS ACQUIRED BY THE CITY OF JACKSONVILLE ON SEPTEMBER 16, 1953. APPROXIMATELY HALF OF THE SITE WAS USED INTERMITTENTLY AS A MUNICIPAL WASTE DISPOSAL FACILITY, IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE JACKSONVILLE LANDFILL, UNTIL OCTOBER 1974. RECORDS INDICATE THAT OPEN BURNING AND TRENCHING WITH BUCKET AND DRAGLINE WERE THE WASTE HANDLING METHODS USED UNTIL 1974, ALONG WITH OPEN DUMPING AND LANDFILLING. WASTES APPEAR TO HAVE BEEN DISPOSED OF IN ONE LONG EXCAVATED TRENCH, AND IN SEVERAL SURFACE PILES, ACCOMPANIED BY OPEN DUMPING IN NUMEROUS AREAS FOUND AROUND THE SITE. AFTER WASTE DISPOSAL, THE TRENCH, SOME OF THE SURFACE PILES, AND POSSIBLY OTHER OBJECTS APPEAR TO HAVE BEEN COVERED WITH A LAYER OF SOIL. IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE REMIDIAL INVESTIGATION/FEASIBILITY STUDY, THE PRIMARY SOURCE OF ORGANIC CONTAMINATION AT THE ROGERS ROAD LANDFILL DERIVED FROM THE CONTAMINATED DRUM DISPOSAL AREA AND NEARBY MOUNDS LOCATE