1. SECTION 107 OF THE COMPREHENSIVE ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSE, COMPENSATION, AND LIABILITY ACT ( CERCLA ), 42 U.S.C. SECTION 9607, AND SECTION 113(G)(2) OF CERCLA, 28 U.S.C. SECTION 2201. 2. MALTER INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION SITE 1. CONKLIN COMPANY 2. MALTER INTERNATIONAL 3. NEW MALTER, INC. GRETNA, JEFFERSON PARISH, LOUISIANA 3. THE MALTER SITE IS AN ABANDONED FORMER PRODUCTION FACILI- TY FOR VARIOUS HOUSEHOLD AND INDUSTRIAL CHEMICALS FROM THE MID 1960'S THROUGH 1990. THE SITE IS SITUATED APPROX- IMATELY 800 FEET SOUTH OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER, AT 80 FIRST STREET IN GRETNA, LOUISIANA. THE SITE IS LOCATED IN A MIXED RESIDENTIAL AND INDUSTRIAL NEIGHBORHOOD, AND IS BORDERED BY PETROLEUM INDUSTRY TO THE NORTH ACROSS FIRST, A RAILROAD AND A LARGE WOODED AREA TO THE SOUTH, A FAST FOOD SEASONING PRODUCTION FACILITY TO THE WEST, AND AN OPEN FIELD, WHICH LIES BETWEEN THE SITE AND SEVERAL RE- SIDENCES, APPROXIMATELY 600 FEET TO THE EAST. MALTER INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION PRODUCED A WIDE VARIETY OF HOUSEHOLD AND INDUSTRIAL CHEMICALS FROM THEMID-1960S UNTIL 1989. AFTER OPERATIONS CEASED, APPROXIMATELY 1,500 DRUMS, 100 TANKS, AND 30,000 SMALL CONTAINERS OF RAW MAT- ERIALS, FINISHED PRODUCTS, QUALIT