******FACILITY******* MONTCLAIR/WEST ORANGE SUPERFUND SITE MONTCLAIR & WEST ORANGE, NJ ********************* OWNERSHIP: VARIES; INCLUDES P & M PROPERTIES OVER 400. THIS CASE REQUESTS THE ATTORNEY GENERAL TO COMMENCE A CIVIL ACTION TO COMPEL COMPLIANCE WITH AN ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER FOR ACCESS PURSUANT TO SECTION 104(E) OF CERCLA. EPA DETERMINED THAT RADIOACTIVE WASTE MATERIALS FROM A RADIUM PROCESSING FACILITY HAD CONTAMINATED OVER 400 RESIDENTIAL AND PUBLIC PROPERTIES IN MONTCLAIR AND WEST ORANGE, N.J. IN 1989 AND 1990, EPA ISSUED RECORDS OF DECISION CALLING FOR ADDITIONAL SAMPLING AT ALL PROPERTIES SUSPECTED OF BEING CONTAMINATED, AND EXCAVATION AND OFF SITE DISPOSAL OF CONTAMINATED SOIL. EPA REQUESTED ACCESS TO EACH PROPERTY TO PERFORM SAMPLING AND, IF CONTAMINATION WAS FOUND, ACCESS TO PERFORM THE REMEDIAL WORK. THE PROPOSED DEFENDANT REFUSED ACCESS. EPA ISSUED AN ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER FOR ACCESS TO THE PROPOSED DEFENDANT. THE PROPOSED DEFENDANT REFUSED TO COMPLY WITH THE ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER.