SUPPORT ONGOING NEGOTIATIONS WITH RESPECT TO THE CHEMICAL CONTROL SUPERFUND SITE, A CERCLA NATIONAL PRIORITIES LIST SITE LOCATED IN ELIZABETH, NJ. THE SITE IS A DEFUNCT CHEMICAL WASTE TREATMENT AND DISPOSAL FACILITY OPERATED BY THE CHEMICAL CONTROL CORPORATION FROM 1970 UNTIL 1978. THE FACILITY WAS RAVAGED BY FIRE AND EXPLOSION IN 1980, WHICH RESULTED IN THE RELEASE OF HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES INTO THE ENVIRONMENT AND CREATED THE CONTAMI- NATED SOIL AND GROUNDWATER CONDITIONS PRESENTLY AT THE SITE. EPA HAS PERFORMED A REMEDIAL INVESTIGATION AND A FEASIBILITY STUDY AND CHOSE AN APPROPRIATE REMEDIAL ALTERNATIVE IN A ROD IN 1987. REPS FROM EPA REGION II AND DOJ HAVE INITIATED ONGOING NEGOTIATIONS WITH PRPS FOR PERFORMANCE OF THE RD/RA AND REIMBURSEMENT FOR PAST FEDERAL EXPENDITURES AT THE SITE. APPROXIMATELY 90% OF THE 276 PRPS WOULD BE ELIGIBLE TO PARTICIPATE IN A DE MINIMIS SETTLEMENT. ON 10/23/90, THE CONSENT DECREE EMBODYING THE SETTLEMENT WAS LODGED WITH THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT OF NEW JERSEY. PRIOR TO THAT ON 9/21 FILED COMPLAINTS AGAINST THE SETTLING PRPS AND EIGHT NON-SETTLING PRPS. CONSENT DECREE AND AMENDMENT HAS BEEN ENTERED CD#02-92-C007