1. SECTION 7003 OF THE RESOURCE CONSERVATION AND RECOVERY ACT ( RCRA ). 2. DIXIE ELECTRO PLATING 3001 ENGLEKE STREET HOUSTON, HARRIS COUNTY, TEXAS 77003 3. EPA HAS IDENTIFIED CHROMIUM CONTAMINATION IN SOILS OF THE RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD ADJACENT TO THE DIXIE FACILITY. EVIDENCE OF THE CONTAMINATION WAS PRESENTED TO DIXIE'S REPRESENTATIVES, WHO ACKNOWLEDGED THAT THE SOURCE OF THE CHROMIUM IS FROM HISTORIC OPERATION AND STORM WATER RUN- OFF FROM DIXIE'S FACILITY. THE LEVEL OF CHROMIUM IN THE 300 BLOCK OF ENNIS STREET MAY CONSTITUTE AN IMMINENT AND SUBSTANTIAL ENDANGERMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 7003 OF RCRA. CONSEQUENTLY, IT IS THE AGENCY'S GOAL TO EXPEDI- TIOUSLY REMEDIATE THOSE SURFACE SOILS AND UNPAVED ROADS SO AS TO LIMIT THE EXPOSURE TO THE LOCAL POPULATION TO HAZARDOUS WASTE CONSTITUENTS, SPECIFICALLY CHROMIUM. DIXIE REPRESENTATIVES INDICATED THAT THEY ARE WILLING TO PROMPTLY UNDERTAKE REMEDIATION OF THE CONTAMINATED RESID- ENTIAL AREAS. 4. RELIEF SOUGHT PURSUANT TO SECTION 7003 OF RCRA, EPA WILL REQUIRE THE RESPONDENT TO 1) PAVE THE 300 BLOCK OF ENNIS STREET IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STANDARDS OF ROAD CONSTRUC- TION USED BY THE CITY OF HOUSTON, TX. WITHIN 3 WEEKS RE- CEIPT OF THE LETTER, 2) SOILS CON