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t:~i-a 'iatta~ ia ~o n~tify. you of potltntiai iiability .that you!' c~ pany aay incur or ••Y have incurred in connection. with the above- · · _..._._ .· refarenc~d hazardous waste traatJnant facility and.. ~0 request )'O'fi' . . . .. . .

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~he u _.s. Environ..ntal..-Protet;:tion. Agency y~EP~) ~a.- ·d:~.t·rii~n.d 'that : ~,~:~(f,;.... an actual teleaae· !)r a . auba~a~tia_~ threa~ ,of a. r•l~a!le ·o~. haa,rdoua ·. -::."•i. -~-. ,

.......·. =~:!i":::;,o~:.~~~~:!n!:t~:~~~-:~d1~fa:f1-j~.:~~:~!~h~;:~:e4~n~~:~~~--~?/!::·::":}_·Section 9601 !! !!.9: (CERCLA) ,... haa:. occurre~- ~~:_the; ,..above-referenced .:. , :~· ~ .;·-:. aite. · EPA Haa expenOed pU;blic funaa 1~ emerge~Cy .and planned. re!IK)val· ··:- -:-~. activities ih responae to 'immediate environmental' hazarda on the site. In addition, EPA and tho state of New Hampshire have entered a Cooper a­tive A,ree;:~ent to conduct the lonoer ter-m remedial . phases of the site cleanuiJ. Thh Cooperative Agreement ~rovides funding for site security and maintenance, recoval of wastes stored in surface containers on the site, reroedial investigations of site conditions, and teaaibilit)' . stC..dita of the alternative long 'term remedbl activities indiCated by _. · · · the remedial inVestigation. Finally, long term _rem.edbl actiona may . be . undertaken, including remedial design, remedial. constr~ctio"', _opera- ..­tion and maintenance a a reguire4 .by site conditioDs • .·. Th,ae-' respOnse ·•· activities · are authorized by Section 104(a) (1) ·Of CERcU. ~- · ··~ · · .·· :-·~ . '• .,.. .. ­Under CERCLA, -certain reeponeible partie• mAy ~~ liable ·f~r ..mo.nef· ex- .:··

~~:~~~n~;rc~==~~~~:e:~~!:!~i:~d8!n:~:c!!!~t. !~~!~~~~Ya~~;~~~~g~!ii~~ · · _.~ -~> sponllible parties include the current oWner• or. opera.tora of .the sit!tr : ... past owners or; operators, an4 person_s who generate~ ·or transported ~!" . • the h~zardous substance• that vere _treated or diepoaed of at the; si~.~·-..:~." .

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Ei"A haa conducted a review of documents from the now-defunct oper­ator of the aite, Keefe Environmental Services, Inc. and from several of the tranavortera who brou~ht hazardous substance to the aite, in­cluding tranklin Pumping, t;iW Waste, ana Suffolk Services. These re­cOrda incluae accounts receivable ledgers, shipping manifeata, court-ordered periOdic reports to state agencies and other buaineaa record's. Baaed on this revie..,, EPA believe• that your com~ny

.... ~.- aay be a reaponaible party with respect to thia site and that ,:·. ·;, y~ur company may therefor' be liable for public funds expended

- in response activitiea at the site . · EPA desires to involve the ap~ro~riate official of your company in dbcualiona leading to your company ' a voluntary participation in any settlement that may

' be, reached between reeponeible 1)Brtiee and the EPA.

EPA haa conducted negotiations beginning on October .<t, 1982, with a number of other parties regarding their possible involvement

~:y·~:~=~~~n:c~;!~!:•r~~i!~~e•f~:~~=~:o~~~o~~!c:~~~l;~u~0~o!~a~;••• to the aite vaa nOt available to EPA at that tirne; The negotiations are currently centered around the recovery of coats incurred by EPA and the t;tllte of New H&mpahire in rea~onae activities to date and under the Coopera.tive A~reement described above, and recovery of coats projected to be incurred by EPA and the atate in undertaking appropriate final long term remedial actions.

If your company wiahee to pursue a negotiated reaol~ticn of ~ta potren­tial liability under CERCLA or other lava with reapect to thh eite, your prompt involveent in the current diacuaaioria will be required. Pleaae aubmit a written r~aponae indicating your company's interest in participating in th·eae diacuaaiona with~n 15 daya of receipt of t hf.11 letter. Yo:.ar response indicating intereat in par·ticipatino in these negotiation proceaaee ahould indicate the name, addr••• and telephone number of an appropriate c0111pany official for further contact on thia matter. 'If no written reaponae ia received by EPA by that aate, we will assU1:1e that yo~.:r company has declined to 1-articipate in voluntary ree~onee activities or in any neuotiated resolution of the environmental hazards on the dte.

· Your ree~onee should bo sent to a

t:. Michael Thomas, Attorney u.s. Environmental Protection Agency Uffice of Regional Coun•el JFK Building, Room 2203 Boston; 1-lA O:l203

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In oraor to assist you in evaluatin~;; your alternative• in this abbreviated time period, we ,ne enclosin; with this letter a copy Of the material that waa provided to the potenthlly reaponaible parUea who attended the October 4 , 19&2 r:teeting which initiated negothtiona on these J:tattere .

A negotiation eOaur.tttee waa fanned by the r aapcnsible parties to re~resent them in ahcuaaiona with the Agency . If you are intereated in becoming i nf omed about or i nvolved in t hia aett l. ­men t £.1roceaa, I encourage you to contact the coordina tor ot t hh novotia t:ing committee, J.tr. Howara Hilliar:.a, of t he Oav i daon Rubber Lli vhion, Dove r, New Hampshi r e , a t your ear liest convenience. Hr. \'lilliama ca n be r eached by telephone a t (60j J742-0720. In . addition, it your r eaponae to thia lette r i ndica t e s a willingneaa to partici£.1ate with EPA in these matters, \oil will forw1rd your · respons e to Kr. WUliama or to the approprhte negot i ating representative ao that you may becooe i ntegr at t"C: i nto tho on~oin~ Cot:lmittee structure and aettler..~ent process ae <juickly• • v_oaaible.

baaed on the information currently" available to EPA, the Agency'':) bolievea that your company contributed 64 druDa of waste

to the aite. Thia figure will be the basil of your coepany•a~articipation in the aettle11ent that· aay P• forthcomino in the near future. If you wiah to contest this nuaber .or if you wish to gAin acceas to the docu.enta in EtA'a poaaeaaion which aupport thia concluaion, your participation in a document exchange will be requirea. To Obtain detail• about auch a docUJIIent .,.change · pl.i'aaa c.:~ntact Hr. :homaa at.. ~our ••.~Uea.t conveni~nce. ·

If you need furthe~ ' tn'fonuiiion, Mr• .Thor.ias can be rea~hod. byt e lephone at ( 617) 223-040U.

tiinct~rel.)l yours,

J.Jnrill ~ . Hohman, Director 5Jaate Mana.c;~emen.t. Divisi on

cca Regional Counsel, Region I Director , Office o f l:!mergency and Rcoedlal .Response Di r ector, Office of \laate Progral'ils Enforcer.'lenta

· Ottice of Enforcement Counsel Robert Cheney , New Har1111Shire Office of the Attorney

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