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o;-;"'"' This l e tte r is to not"ity you of potential liability tha t your com­pany may incur or may have · incurred in connection with t he a bove­ 0

referenced hazardous waste tre atment facility and to reQuest your "' aaaiatance in clean up ac~ivitiea at the site. · "' The p_.s. Env~ronaental Prot~ction Agency (EPA) .tt~• dit~el'llined that .. , an actual release or a substantial threat of ·a release of haurdoua

· .aubatancea, · •• deUqed. 1~ ·section. ~01 O:f .the cOaprehanaive £riviron­~~~ental Reaponaa, Compenaati'ori, and J.iability Act of .1980, 42 u.s.c·; . ':'_":·;-.

8 •• ~ SeCtion t601 at !!9. (CERCLA.), hlia .occur'rad at the above:-refe renced : ..

a !.te. · EPA .ha&• xpended ~mbl!C. funda tn •••r:e"cy and 'planned i"er.ov.a~· . activitiea in reaponae to haftediate environmental hazarda Qn the alta.·.:... ·:, In addition, 'EPA and "the State of New ll8mp8~ira "have ente red ,a coOpe~a:-:..~ .,· tive Agr ee ment to conduct · the longe r tern r emedial phasea of the aite · · cleanup. Th is Cooperative Agr eement pr ovides funding f or site aecurity and ma i ntenance , r emoval of was t es stored in aurfece containers on t he si t e , remed ial i nvestigations o f site conditiona, and f eaeibil ity s tudies of the a l ternat i ve l ong term remedial activi t iea inc:iicftted by the reftledial inveatigati on. Fin«lly , long term r emedial actions J~~ay . btt, undertaken , including remec!iel desi,n, remedial construction, opera­tion and maintenance ·as required by site conditions. These reaponse wactivities are authorized by section lo•ta) (l ) .of. CERCLA.

· Under CERCLA, certain reaponsible parties may be liable .for moneY ~.x- .· pended for response activitiea at the .site, includiny investigation, planning, cleanup neaaures, and enforcee'lent. Potentially liable re- . ~. · svonsible partios include the current owners or operators of the site, past owners or operatora, and persons who generated or transport•~ · . the hazardous substances that were treated or disposed of. at the aite'. ~ ·.

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EPA has conducted a review of documents from the now-defunct oper­ator of the site, Keefe Environmental Services, Inc. and from several of the tranavortera Who brou\;ht hazardous substance to the site, in­

. eluding tranklin l'umping, ti'W Waste, and Suftolk Services. These re­cOrda include accounts receivable ledgers, shipping l'lanifeata, court-ordered periodic reports to state agencies and other business

. recorda. Baaed on thia review, EPA believes that your company . - aay be a responsible party with napect to thia aite and that .: :your C:Oftlpany may therefor' be liable for public funds 4txpended

in response activitiea at the site: EPA deairea · to involve the •l>lolroprhte official of your company in dbcuaaiona leading to your company' a voluntary participation in any settlement that may

· be reached between reeponaible ..,artie• and the EPA. . • ''

El'A has conducted negotiation• begi-"ning on Octob!'r .4, 1~82, with a number of other parties regarding their poaaible involvement in cleanup activitiea. on the etta; ••. EPA did not involve you in "the•e rieyotiation.- becauae reliable information· connecting yOur company to the site wu hOt available to EPA at that time. The negotiationa are currently centered around the recovery of coau incurred by EPA and the tit111te of New Harnpahire in response activities to date and under the Coopera.tive Agreement described above, and recovery of coata projected to be incurred by EPA and the state in undertaking appropriate final long term remedial actions.

If your company viahes to pursue a neg:oti·atld resolUtion of ~te pot;en­tial liability under CERCLA or other lava with respect to thh aite, your prom1o1t ·involvement in the current diacuaaioria vill be required. Please · aubait a vritten reaponae indicating your company'S intereat in participating in th·eae diacuaaiona within 15 days of receipt · jf this letter. Ycur response indicating ! ntaraat in [)ar"ticJratirg in theae negotiation proceaaea ahould indicate the nama r addreaa . and telephone number of an appropriate coapany official for f.urther contact on thia r.~atter. 'If no written reaponae is received by EPA by that oate, we will aeeur.\e tt'lat your cor.apany has declif'eo to 1--articipate in voluntary res~onse activitiel or in any negothted resolution of the envtronn1ental hazards on the 11 te.

Your res"onse should be sent toz

1:. ·P.iichael Thomas, AttorneyU.s. Environmental Protection Agency Uffice of Regional Counsel JFK Ruilding, Room 2203 . Heaton; P.1A 02203

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In order to aeaiat you in evaluatinw your alternative s in thiR abbreviated til'le period, we are enclosinu with thh letter a COLlY of tho material that was provided to the ['Otenthlly rea,.onaible parties Yho attended th" uctober 4, 1U2 moetinu which initiated negothtiona on t~eae c:.attera.

A negotiation committee waa fon::~ed by the reapondble parties to · revnaent the:~ in diecuaeione with the Agency. If you are interested in becoming inforoed about or involved i n thie eettle­J:~ont vr oceiUir ' "I e ncour•1.1• you t o contact the coor dinator of thh negotiating comnit t ee, tlr. tlowa r d Williams, of the Davidson Rubber 1J1vh1on, Dove r , Uew tl au:pshire , at your earliest convenieneo . Hr . \IUU ama can bfl r e ached by t elephone li t (603) 742-07 20 . In aaaition, i f your rea~onae to thia lette r ind i c a t ea a wUUngneaa to participate with t:PA i n thu e r:~attera , we .,111 for.,ard your r e atiOnae to Hr. WUliama oi to the a ppro"riate negotiating repreaentetive a o that you may becOPte integ rated into the ou,.oi n~ cocu.titte o a tructure a na settler:en t r r.ocee:s ae c;uickl y a a ,,oaaibh.

aaaeo on the infort'lation currently availabl ... to EPA, the Avcncy Wlievea that )"OUr company contributed ~ltl drur.'la of waste to the aite. Thh figure ~~till be the Da&iR of your con~any•a puticipatic:»n in tho aettletlent that a.y be forthcoruin<; in th.e nt~ar future. If you .,iah to. conteat thia ·number or if you wiah to gain acceaa to the docu.nu in EPA' a poaaeaaion which aupport thia concluaion, your F•rticipation in a doCUI:'Ient exchange will be reQuired. To obt.tn detaib about auch a document exchange ".leaae contact •lr. l'homaa At your earliest convenience• .

1t ycu need '!'urther intvr::a.tion, Mr. Thor..aa can be ri~ched by ·t e lephone at (617) 223-0440.

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t1orrill " · Ho nt.,.,n , IJiroc t or Hai:t t e t-tana~em"'nt Div taio n

ReGiOnA l t..:ounsul, l<eu t on I Lliroctor , Office of l:."'mor\,jency a nd Roraeaial Jtosponae Director., Office of 11aste Pro\,lraDa Enforcce~ent"8 llftice of .l::nforcelltent Counsel Robert Chenfly, No.,r Hampshire Offic• of tho Attorney

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