1. SECTION 107 OF THE COMPREHENSIVE ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSE, COMPENSATION, AND LIABILITY ACT ( CERCLA ), 42 U.S.C. SEC. 9607, AND SECTION 113(G)(2) OF CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. SEC. 9613(G)(2). 2. BAYOU BONFOUCA SUPERFUND SITE SECTION 10, T9S, R14E, SW OF THE INTERSECTION OF WEST HALL AVENUE AND BAYOU LANE SLIDELL, ST. TAMMANY PARISH, LOUISIANA 3. THE BAYOU BONFOUCA SUPERFUND SITE ( SITE ) IS AN ABANDON- ED WOOD TREATING FACILITY ON THE BANKS OF BAYOU BONFOUCA THAT BEGAN OPERATIONS IN 1879 IN SLIDELL, LA., LOCATED ON THE NORTH EDGE OF LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN, OPPOSITE THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS. OPERATIONS AT THE FACILITY CONTINUED, WITH A BRIEF PERIOD OF CLOSURE IN THE LATE 19TH CENTURY, UNTIL 1972. WHILE THE FACILITY WAS BEING DISMANTLED IN 1972 A FIRE OCCURRED THAT HAS BEEN ERRONEOUSLY CREDITED WITH CAUSING AN EXTENSIVE CREOSOTE SPILL INTO BAYOU BON- FOUCA WHEN A HOLDING TANK ALLEGEDLY RUPTURED. ALTHOUGH EVIDENCE EXISTS THAT A CREOSOTE RELEASE DID IN FACT OCCUR WHEN THE TANK RUPTURED, THE ANECDOTAL EVIDENCE ATTRIBUT- ING A LARGE PORTION OF EXISTING CONTAMINATION TO THAT FIRE HAS NOT BEEN VERIFIED. THE 55-ACRE SITE IS COMPRISED OF SEVERAL PARCELS THAT WERE OF A LARGE TRACT OF LAND CONVEYED BY THE U.S. TO PIERRE ROBERT IN 1853. 1893, THE