THIS REFERRAL PROPOSES FILING A COST RECOVERY ACTION UNDER SECTION 107 OF CERCLA TO RECOVER PAST RESPONSE COSTS AND TO ESTABLISH LIABILITY FOR FUTURE COSTS AT THE NYANZA SUPERFUND SITE IN ASHLAND, MASSACHUSETTS. PAST COSTS THROUGH DECEMBER 1993, NOT INCLUDING DOJ COSTS OF INTEREST, TOTAL $28,737,517.81. PAST COSTS THROUGH DECEMBER 1993 INCLUDING STATUTORY INTEREST FROM JANUARY 22, 1991 TOTAL APPROXIMATELY $33,000,000. THERE ARE SEVEN PROPOSED DEFENDANTS: NYANZA INC NYACOL PRODUCTS, INC., PQ CORPORATION, ROBERT LURIE, THOMAS O'CONNOR, JOHN J GLYNN, JR., TRUSTEE OF THE AIF REALTY TRUST AND JOHN J. GLYNN, JR., TRUSTEE OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION ENGINEERING TRUST. THE SITE IS LOCATED IN ASHLAND, MASSACHUSETTS, ABOUT 35 MILES WEST OF BOSTON. BETWEEN 1917 AND 1978 A SUCESSION OF INTERRELATED COMPANIES MANUFACTURED TEXTILE DYES AND INTERMEDIATEDS ON THE SITE, PRODUCING A LARGE AMOUNT OF HAZARDOUS WASTES AND CONTAMINANTS. NYANZA INC., SUCESSOR TO THESE COMPANIES, DISPOSED OF LARGE QUANTITIES OF SLUDGES ON-SITE CONTAINING HIGH CONCENTRATIONS OF OF MERCURY, CHROMIUM, AND LEAD. NYANZA INC. ALSO DISPOSED OF LARGE QUANTITIES OF ORGANIC CHEMICALS, SUCH AS DICHLOROBENZENE, CHLOROBENZENE, ANILINE, AND NITROBENZENE, WHICH CAUSED SEVERE GROUNDWATER CONTAMINATION BOTH ON AND OFF-SITE. IN 1979, NYACOL, INC., A PREDECESSOR TO NYACOL PRODUCTS, INC., DISPOSED OF 250,000 GALLONS OF SLUDGE