1. SECTION 7003 OF THE RESOURCE CONSERVATION AND RECOVERY ACT ( RCRA ). 2. LEAD PRODUCTS COMPANY 709 NORTH VELASCO STREET HOUSTON, HARRIS COUNTY, TEXAS 77003 3. EPA HAS IDENTIFIED ELEVATED LEVELS OF LEAD IN SOILS OF THE CARY STREET NEIGHBORHOOD NEAR THE LEAD PRODUCTS FACI- LITY. EVIDENCE OF THE CONTAMINATION WAS PRESENTED TO THE REPRESENTATIVES OF LEAD PRODUCTS, WHO HAVE ACKNOWLEDGED THAT ONE POTENTIAL SOURCE OF THE LEAD IS FROM HISTORIC DISPOSAL OF WASTE BATTERY CASINGS. EPA BELIEVES THE LEVEL OF LEAD ON CARY STREET MAY CONSTITUTE AN IMMINENT AND SUBSTANTIAL ENDANGERMENT. IT IS EPA'S GOAL TO EXPEDI- TIOUSLY REMEDIATE THOSE SURFACE SOILS AND UNPAVED ROAD SO AS TO LIMIT THE EXPOSURE OF THE LOCAL POPULATION TO HAZ- ARDOUS WASTECONSTITUENTS, SPECIFICALLY, LEAD. LEAD PRODUCTS REPRESENTATIVESINDICATED THAT LEAD PRODUCTS IS WILLING TO PROMPTLY UNDERTAKE REMEDIATION OF THE CON- TAMINATED RESIDENTIAL AREA. 4. RELIEF SOUGHT PURSUANT TO 7003 OF RCRA, EPA REQUIRES THE RESPONDENT TO 1) PAVE CARY STREET WITHIN 3 WEEKS FOLLOW- ING RECEIPT OF THE LETTER ACCORDING TO STANDARDS OF THE CITY OF HOUSTON, 2) EXCAVATE SOIL CONTAINING GREATER THAN 400 MG/KG TOTAL LEAD TO LEVELS LESS THAN 400 MG/KG OR THE DEPTH OF 2 FEET, 3) BACKFILL EXCA