THIS IS A DIRECT REFERRAL WITH A CONSENT DECREE FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF REMEDIAL DESIGN AND REMEDIAL ACTION AND RECOVERY OF PAST AND OVERSIGHT COSTS AT THE CHEMPLEX SITE IN CLINTON, IA. THE REMEDIAL ACTION WHICH THE DEFENDANTS ARE REQUIRED TO IMPLEMENT UNDER THE CONSENT DECREE IS THE SECOND OPERABLE UNIT, AND WILL ADDRESS SOIL CONTAMINATION AT THE SITE. THE FIRST OPERABLE UNIT IS A GROUNDWATER CLEANUP REMEDY. SOME OF THE SAME DEFENDANTS WHO ARE PARTIES TO THE DECREE BEING REFERRED NOW ARE IMPLEMENTINNG THE GROUNDWATER CLEANUP UNDER A 1991 CONSENT DECREE.