1. SECTIONS 104, 106(A) AND 122 OF THE COMPREHENSIVE ENVIR- ONMENTAL RESPONSE, COMPENSATION, AND LIABILITY ACT, AS A- MENDED ( CERCLA ), 42 U.S.C. SECS. 9604, 9606(A) AND 9622 2. LINCOLN CREOSOTE SITE MONTGOMERY STREET, NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF BENTON ROAD AND AND THE KANSAS CITY SOUTHERN RAILROAD, NORTH OF IN- TERSTATE HIGHWAY 20 BOSSIER CITY, BOSSIER PARISH, LOUISIANA FACILITY ID NO. LAD981060429 3. THE SITE INCLUDES 20 ACRES OF INDUSTRIAL AREA SURROUNDING A FORMER WOOD TREATMENT PLANT, AND ALSO INCLUDES AN UNDE- FINED PORTION OF THE ADJACENT RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD WHICH HAS BEEN AFFECTED BY STORM WATER RUNOFF FROM THE WOOD TREATMENT PLANT. THE PLANT ON THE SITE WAS OPERATED AS A WOOD TREATMENT FACILITY FROM APPROXIMATELY 1935 TO 1969 BY SEVERAL DIFFERENT OWNERS AND OPERATORS. FROM 1950 UNTIL 1969, THE PLANT WAS OWNED AND OPERATED BY JOSLYN MANUFACTURING AND SUPPLY CO. WHICH IS CORPORATE PREDECES- SOR TO RESPONDENT. OPERATION CONSISTED OF PRESSURE TREAT- ING RAILROAD TIES AND TELEPHONE POLES USING CREOSOTE, CHROMATED COPPER ARSENATE, AND PENTACHLOROPHENOL. FROM APRIL 26 THROUGH MAY 2, 1992, EPA TOOK SOIL SAMPLES IN THE RESIDENTIAL AREA WHICH IS PART OF THE SITE. SAMPLE ANALYSIS DETERMINED THAT THERE WERE CONCENTRATIONS OF CERTAIN SEMI-VOLATILE ORGANIC COM