CASE REGARDING THE GEMS LANDFILL SUPERFUND SITE IN GLOUCESTER TOWNSHIP, CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY. RECOMMENDING THE INITIATION OF A CIVIL ACTION, PURSUANT TO SECTION 107 OF CERCLA, TO RECOVER PAST COSTS AND TO OBTAIN A DECLARATORY JUDGMENT FOR FUTURE COSTS TO BE INCURRED BY THE U.S. EPA IN TAKING RESPONSE ACTIONS AT THE SITE. THE PROPOSED DEFENDANTS INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING: OWNER OF THE SITE; OPERATORS OF THE SITE; GENERATORS OF HAZ SUBSTANCES WHICH WERE DISPOSED OF AT THE SITE; AND TRANSPORTERS. ALL OF THE PROPOSED DEFENDANTS WERE NAMED IN A UAO ISSUED BY EPA IN 1988 FOR THE PERFORMANCE OF THE REMEDIAL ACTIONS NEEDED TO IMPLEMENT THE PHASE I COMPONENT OF THE REMEDY REQUIRED AT THE SITE PER THE ROD, WHICH WAS ISSUED SEPT. 27, 1988. THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PHASE II COMPONENT OF THE REMEDY WHICH RELATES TO GROUNDWATER REMEDIATION AT THE SITE WAS NOT REQUIRED BY THE ORDER AND ITS DESIGN WILL BE UNDERTAKEN IN THE NEAR FUTURE USING STATE AND FEDERAL FUNDS.