THE NL INDUSTRIES SITE IS AN ABANDONED, SECONDARY LEAD SMELTING FACILITY, ENCOMPASSING 44 ACRES LOCATED IN PEDRICKTOWN, OLDSMAN TOWNSHIP, SALEM COUNTY, NJ. IT IS ON THE NPL. THIS PRN IS INTENDED TO PREPARE EPA AND DOJ FOR THE COMMENCEMENT OF NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE PRPS FOR PERFORMANCE OF THE RD/RA FOR THE FIRST OPERABLE UNIT AT THE SITE AND FOR REIMBURSEMENT OF EPA'S PAST COSTS.