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E~A haa conducted a review of documents from the now-defunct opershyator of the site Keefe Environmental Services Inc and from several of the tranalortera who brou~ht hazardo11 substance to the site inshyeluding tranklin Pumping tiW Waste and Suffolk Services These reshycorda incluae accounts receivable ledgers ahi~~ing manifests court-ordered periOdic reports to state agencies and other buaineaa recorda Baaed middoton thh review EPA believes that your company aay be a responsible party with respect to thh site and that 0

your company may therefor be liable for public funds 8xpellded ~ zzin r pon1e activities at the site middot EPA deeirea to involve the ~lt

apJ~rOlJrhte official of your company in dilcuaeions leading to -40 ~ your company I voluntary participation in any settlement that may ~f

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EPA haa conducted negotiationbull beginning on October 4 1982 lgt with a nuznber of other partiebull regarding their poalible involvement or

middot in cleanup activitiea on t~e alta - EPA did not involve you in these ggneyothtiona becauae reliable inforJRation connecting your company to the aite waa nOt available to EPA at that tine iha nagotiationl ~~ are currently centered around the recovery of coati incurred by EPA n and the ~tate of New Hat~~pahire in reaonu activitiea to data and under the Cooperative Agreement described above and recovery of coati projected to ta incurred by EPA and the atate in undbullrtaking approprhtbull final long term remedial actionamiddot ~ If your company whhea to puraue a negotiatea reaolution of ita po~anshytial liability under CERCLA or other lawa with reapect to thia alta your proapt involUient in the current diacuaaiona will -be required Pleaao aublllit a written r ponae indicating your companybull interaat in participating in theae diacuaeiona with~n 15 daya o~ rec~ipt middot cf t~1ia letter our ne~onle indicating i ntoreat in paticipatino in thaae negotiati)n procaaeea ahould indicate the name addreaa middot and teli1Jhona number of an appropriate company official for t urther contact on this matter If no written responae h re~eived by EPA by that oate we wi ll assume that your coorbullany hBs decliflid to 1--BrticipBte in voluntBry rest-cmse activities or in any necotiated resolution of the environmental hazards on the alta

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A neuothtion committee waa f orced by the r t-onaiblo parties to rerreaont them in ciiacuae iona wi th t he Agency If you a r e inter es t ed in becomi ng i nf o rtted abou t o r irivolve d in t his settleshyment ~recess I ~ncoura~e you t o contac t t he coordina tor of th is neCJotla t i ng cOmJnittoe Hr Howard tiUUama of the Davidson kubber Oiv iaion Dover New Hamahire at your middotearlie st conv ont ence bull1r J illiarna can be reached by t e l ephone at (603)742-0720 In addition it your reaponae to thil lettor indicates a wUlingneaa to participate with EPA in thes e utters we will forward your middot rcavo na e to Hr i illiargtlS or to t he a ~middot prO(rhte ne9othtin relreacntative ao that )ou r1ay becorne inu~r6ted 11to the onloinu cozllll ittee structure anC attlorent proces s aa quidly t~a oaa ible

middoto ISaaeC on the infcnaticn currently available to EPA the Aency believes that )Our cor~pany contributed 7B druLs of waste to the dte This figure will be the taais of your COIIpanybulla articiplltion in the settlement that bullbullY be forthcoeting in the near future If you wiah to contest thia number or U you viah to gain acceas to the docmenta in EPAa possession which support thia conclusion your ~artici~aticn in a document exchange will e lequired Tc ebtain deaib abouC aucli a docwent exilancje bullleaae contact kr Thomas at your earliest convenience

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