ON AUGUST 19, 2003, REGION 5 SIGNED AN ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER ON CONSENT (�AOC�) UNDER SECTIONS 106, 107 AND 122 OF THE COMPREHENSIVE ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSE, COMPENSATION, AND LIABILITY ACT, (�CERCLA�), 42 U.S.C.�� 9606, 9607 AND 9622 CONCERNING IMPLEMENTATION OF WORK AND RECOVERY OF COSTS AT THE MASTER METALS SITE, INCLUDING THE FORMER LEAD SMELTER PROPERTY LOCATED AT 4700 AND 4740 NEVADA STREET, DETROIT, MI (�MASTER METALS PROPERTY�) AND RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL AREAS DOWNWIND OF THE MASTER METALS PROPERTY. THE SETTLING PARTIES ARE NL INDUSTRIES, INC., HONEYWELL INC., JOHNSON CONTROLS, INC., GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION, FORD MOTOR COMPANY AND DAIMLER-CHRYSLER HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AS �RESPONDENTS�. UNDER THE TERMS OF THE AOC, THE RESPONDENTS HAVE AGREED TO: 1) REMOVE
CONTAMINATED SOIL ABOVE 400 PPM LEAD IN THE RESIDENTIAL AREAS AND 900 PPM IN THE COMMERCIAL/INDUSTRIAL AREAS DOWNWIND OF THE MASTER
METALS PROPERTY; 2) COMPLETE THE REMOVAL OF CONTAMINATED SOIL ABOVE 900 PPM LEAD AT THE MASTER METALS PROPERTY CURRENTLY UNDERWAY
PURSUANT TO UNILATERAL ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER VW 03-C-732 (�UAO�); 3) REIMBURSE U.S. EPA�S RESPONSE COSTS INCURRED AT THE MASTER METALS PROPERTY AND THE AREAS DOWNWIND OF THE MASTER METALS PROPERTY UNDER THE DETROIT LEAD DEPOSITION SURVEY PROJECT BETWEEN NOVEMBER 16, 2001 AND THE EFFECTIVE DATE, EXCEPT FOR THE FIRST $250,000; AND 4) REIMBURSE FUTURE RESPONSE COSTS AT THE SITE. EXCEPT FOR THE COST RECOVERY PROVISIONS, THE AOC