REFERRAL TO DOJ RECOMMENDING COST RECOVERY ACTION PURSUANT TO CERCLA 107(A) WITH RESPECT TO THE PJP LANDFILL SITE LOCATED IN JERSEY CITY, NJ. THE U.S. EPA SEEKS THE RECOVERY OF RESPONSE COSTS INSURRED IN CONNECTION WITH THE SITE. THERE ARE 10 PROPOSED DEFENDANTS. THREE LANDOWNERS, ONE TRANSPORTER, FIVE GENERATORS AND ONE RELATED ENTITY. **08/06/99 - REFERRED TO DOJ 08/28/2001 - COMPLAINT FILED AND CD LODGED W/ THE COURT. * (79 DEFENDANTS NAMED IN COMPLAINT COPY TO DOCKET) * ORIGINALLY EPA REFERRED 10 PROPOSED DEFENDANTS. TO CONSERVE RESOURCES, EPA DID NOT DEVELOP EVIDENCE ON ALL 79 SETTLING DEFS(SD). DURING SETTLEM'T NEGOTIATIONS, COUNSEL FOR SD RE- QUESTED THAT THE ENTITIES WHO SIGNED A CD WITH THE NJDEP ALSO BE INCLUDED AS SIGNATORIES TO THE CD W/ THE U.S. THE SD SAID THAT ANY INCONSISTENCY BETWEEN THE TWO SETTLEMENT DOCUMENTS WOULD IMPEDE SETTLEMENT W/ THE U.S. BECAUSE THE SETTLEMENTS W/ BOTH GOVERNMENTS WAS BASED ON THE SAME ALLOCATION OF LIABILITY. ACCORDINGLY, EPA AND DOJ AGREED TO INCLUDE ALL 79 DEFENDANTS. * * 09/27/2001 - CD PUBLISHED IN FEDERAL REGISTER. * 01/16/2002 - CD ENTERED (CCDS SUMBITTE