THE UNITED STATES, ON BEHALF OF THE U.S. E.P.A INTENDS TO FILE A COMPLAINT IN THIS MATTER PURSUANT TO THE COMPREHENSIVE ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSE,COMPENSATION, AND LIABILITY ACT, 42 U.S.C. SECTION 9601. IN 1968 DR. FRANCESCO D'IMPERIO AND ANTOINETTE D'IMPERIO, HIS WIFE ACQUIRED THE APPROX. 30-ACRE REAL PROPERTY IN HAMILTON TOWNSHIP, NEW JERSEY WHICH IS NOW THE D'IMPERIO PROPERTY SUPERFUND SITE. THE PROPERTY WAS HELD BY DIAMOND D. ENTERPRISES, INC A NEW JERSEY CORPORATION, WHICH WAS WHOLLY OWNED BY DR. D'IMPERIO AND HIS WIFE. IN 1975,DIAMOND D. ENTERPRISES CONVEYED A 40% INTEREST IN THE PROPERTY TO DR. D'IMPERIO, A 40% INTEREST TO HIS WIFE, AND A 20% INTEREST TO HIS SON, QUINTON D'IMPERIO. IN 1976, AFTER THE DEATH OF ANTOINETTE D'IMPERIO, DR. D'IMPERIO BECAME AN 80% OWNER OF THE PROPERTY, WHILE QUINTON KEPT HIS 20% OWNERSHIP. DURING THE MID 1970S AT LEAST ONE HAULER, LIGHTMAN DRUM CO, DISPOSED OF WASTE MATERIAL AT THE PROPERTY. IN 1977 THE ATLANTIC COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT LEARNED OF THE ILLEGAL DISPOSAL SITE BEHIND THE MOTEL DENNIS AND INFORMED THE NEW JERSEY DEPT. OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION. EPA WAS NOTIFIED OF THE DUMPSITE IN 1981. EPA NOTIFIED DR. D'IMPERIO THAT HE MAY BE A POTENTIALLY RESPONSIBLE PART ON 3/18/82. QUINTON D'IMPERIO WAS NOTIFIED OF HIS STATUS ON 12/11/89. EPA PLACED THE SITE ON THE NATIONAL PRIORITIES LIST ON 9/1/83. EPA COMPLETED THE RI/FS FOR THE SITE IN FEBRUARY 1985. THE DECISION BY EPA ON THE REMEDIAL ACTION TO BE IMPLEMENTED AT TH