ON JUNE 30, 2008, EPA ISSUED AN ORDER FOR ACCESS ( ORDER) TO SEACONCKE WAMPOANOAG TRIBE-WAMPANOAG NATION INC. (RESPONDENT), A RHODE ISALND 501(c)(3) NOT FOR PROFIT CORPORATION. THE RESPONDENT RECEIVED BY GIFT TTWO PARCELS LOCATED IN THE PETERSON/PURITAN, INC. SUPERFUND SITE IN DECEMBER 2006. ONE OF THE PARCELS IS TEH J.M. MILLS LANDFILL. BEGINNING IN JUNE 2007, NUMEROUS ATTEMPTS (WRITTEN AND IN PERSON) WERE MADE BY THE PORTENTIALLY RESPONSIBLE PARTIES AND EPA TO OBTAIN THE RESPONDENT'S WRITTEN CONSENT FOR ACCESS TO THE PROPERTIES. THE RESPONDENT NEVER SIGNED EPA's ACCESS AGREEMENT LEAVING EPA WITH ON OTHER OPTION THAN TO ISSUE THE ORDER. PURSUANT TO THE TERMS OF THE ORDER, 10 BUSINESS DAYS FROM THE DATE OF THE RECEIPT BY THE RESPONDENT, THE ORDER SHALL BECOME EFFECTIVE.