EPA Judicial case 07-1992-0047. Outcome: Litigated With Specified Cost Recovery. Penalty assessed: $0. THIS PRE-REFERRAL RELATES TO THE PEOPLE NATURAL GAS SUPERFUND SITE IN DUBUQUE, IOWA. THE SITE IS THE LOCATION OF A FOME COAL GAS MANUFACTURING PLANT. THE REGION ISSUED A ROD IN SEPT. 1991. CALLING FOR EXCAVATION OF CONTAMINATED SOILS, OFF-SITE INCENERATION OF EXCAVATED MATERIALS, & PUMPING AND TREATING CONTAMINATED GROUND WATER. THE DRAFT CONSENT DECREE SEEKS RD/RA PERFORMANCE AND REIMBURSEMENT OF PAST COSTS FROM THE FOUR PRPS. MIDWEST GAS IS THE CORPORATE SUCCESSOR TO THE OPERATOR OF THE PLANT. EXXON IS A CORPERATE SUCCESSOR TO A COMPANY THAT DISPOSED OF MATERIALS AT THE SITE, AND THE CITY OF DUBUQUE & IOWA DEPT.OF TRANSPORTATION ARE THE CURRENT OWNERS OF THE SITE. MIDWEST GAS IDOT & THE CITY PREFORMED THE RI/FS AND A REMOVAL AT THE SITE PURSUANT TO A 1989 ADMIN. CONSENT ORDER.