CIVIL LITIGATION REFERRAL REGARDING THE TABERNACLE DRUM DUMP SITE, TABERNACLE, NEW JERSEY. COST RECOVERY ACTION- SECTION 107(A) OF CERCLA. THIS IS AN ACTION WHICH SEEKS RECOVERY OF PAST COSTS IN UNDERTAKING RESPONSE ACTIONS AT THE SITE. THE RESPONSE ACTIONS WHICH HAVE BEEN FUNDED BY EPA AT THE SITE INCLUDE THE PERFORMANCE OF THE RI/FS FOR THE SITE, ISSUANCE OF A RECORD OF DECISION AND OTHER ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS. EPA SEEKS RECOVERY OF ALL PASTS COSTS, INCLUDING INTEREST, WHICH HAVE BEEN INCURRED BY EPA IN CONNECTION WITH THE SITE. EPA HAS BEEN IN RECENT CONTACT WITH USX CORP. RELATIVE TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE USX CONSENT DECREE. UNDER THIS DECREE, USX CORP. IS PERFORMING THE RD/RA FOR THE SITE. A DEMAND LETTER WAS ISSUED IN JANUARY 1990, WHICH USX CORP. RESPONDED TO IN FEB. 1990. EPA HAS NOT BEEN IN CONTACT WITH ATLANTIC DISPOSAL SERVICE, INC. SINCE 1988. AS RECENTLY AS JAN. 1990, EPA ISSUED A DEMAND LETTER WHICH ATLANTIC DISPOSAL SERVICE, INC. HAS NOT RESPONDED TO. THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS ACTION IS TWOFOLD: 1) REPLENISH- MENT OF THE FUND FOR USE AT OTHER SITES AND 2) REINFORCES THE GOV'TS POLICY OF AGGRESSIVELY PURSUING AN ACTION TO RE- COVER PAST COSTS AND INTEREST ACCRUED. SITE: TABERNACLE DRUM DUMP SITE, TABERNACLE, NJ (02-A4) EPID# NJD980761357