ON MARCH 05, 1991 EPA REGION VIII SENT A PRE-REFERRAL LITIGATION REPORT AND DRAFT REMEDIAL DESIGN/REMEDIAL ACTION (RD/RA) CONSENT DECREE FOR THE WASATCH CHEMICAL SITE TO THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, WITH COPIES TO THE OFFICE OF ENFORCEMENT AND OFFICE OF WASTE PROGRAMS ENFORCEMENT AT EPA HEADQUARTERS. EPA PLANS TO INITIATE SEPCIAL NOTICE PRO- CEDURES TO BEGIN NEGOTIATIONS FOR RESPOINSIBLE PARTY PERFORMANCE OF THE RD/RA AND RECOVERY OF RESPONSE COSTS FOR THE SITE BY MARCH 29, 1991. THE 17.75-ACRE WASATCH CHEMICAL SITE IS LOCATED IN SALT LAKE CITY, SALT LAKE COUNTY, UTAH. CHEMICAL MANUFACTURE, FORMULATION AND DISTRIBUTION, AS WELL AS CLEANING AND DISPOSAL ACTIVITIES, THREATS TO HUMAN HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT POSED BY THE SITE STEM FROM CONTAMINATED SOIL AND GROUND WATER, TOGETHER WITH SOURCE AREAS AND DIOXIN REMOVAL WASTE. THE ENDANGERMENT ASSESSMENT (EA) AND RELATED DOCUMENTS FOUND IN THE ADMINISTRATIVE RECORD FOR THE SITE SHOW THAT THE SITE, IF LEFT UNREMEDIATED, POSES A THREAT TO HUMAN HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT. THE PROPOSED PLAN FOR REMEDIATION OF THE SITE WAS ISSUED BY THE UTAH DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH (UDOH) ON 10/09/90, AFTER WHICH A 30-DAY COMMENT PERIOD ENSUED. THE PROPOSED PLAN LISTED IN SITU VITRIFICATION (ISV) AS THE PREFERRED REMEDIAL ALTERNATIVE FOR CONTAMINATED SOILS, SLUDGES, AND DIOXIN REMOVAL WASTE FOUND AT THE SI