THIS IS A REFERRAL TO THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE REQUESTING THE APPROVAL, SIGNATURE AND SIMULTANEOUS LODGING OF A COMPLAINT AND A JUDICIAL CONSENT DECREE REGARDING THE LEAMAN TANK LINES SUPERFUND SITE LOCATED IN LOGAN TOWNSHIP, NEW JERSEY UNDER CERCLA 106A. THE SITE INCLUDES AN ACTIVE INDUSTRIAL TERMINAL USED FOR THE DISPATCHING, STORAGE, MAINTENANCE AND CLEANING OF TANKER TRUCKS AND TRAILERS; AND FALLOW FARMLAND AND THE WETLANDS ADJACENT THE CHEMICAL LEAMAN TERMINAL. CHEMICAL LEAMAN TRANSPORTS CHEMICAL COMMODITIES IN BULK QUANTITIES, SOME OF WHICH ARE CLASSIFIED AS HAZARDOUS. THE TERMINAL HAS BEEN IN OPERATION SINCE 1961. PAST WASTEWATER HANDLING AND DISPOSAL PRACTICES AT THE SITE RESULTED IN ORGANIC AND INORGANIC CONTAMINATION OF SOIL, GROUNDWATER AND THE ADJACENT WETLANDS. THE CONSENT DECREE REQUIRED CHEMICAL LEAMAN TO UNDERTAKE OPERABLE UNIT I, TREATMENT OF THE GROUNDWATER CONTAMINANT PLUME AT THE SITE, AT AN ESTIMATED COST OF APPROXIMATELY $5.4 MILLION. IN ADDITION, THE CD PROVIDES FOR REIM- BURSEMENT BY CHEMICAL LEAMAN OF $714,579.05 IN PAST RESPONSE COSTS, AN AMOUNT $100,00 LESS THAN THE TOTAL PAST RESPONSE COSTS INCURRED BY THE U.S. WITH REGARD TO OPERABLE UNIT I. THIS SETTLEMENT FOR THE PERFORMANCE OF THE REMEDY AND PAY- MENT OF $714,579.05 IN PAST RESPONSE COSTS AND ALL FUTURE OVERSIGHT COSTS, WILL RECOVER OR AVOID