ON JULY 7, 2009, EPA ENTERED INTO AN ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER ON CONSENT (AOC) WITH SEVERAL PARTIES FOR A BASELINE ECOLOGICAL RISK ASSESSMENT (BERA) AND FEASIBILITY STUDY (FS) AT OPERABLE UNIT 2 OF THE HEGELER ZINC SUPERFUND SITE, LOCATED IN VERMILION COUNTY, ILLINOIS. PARTIES TO THE AOC ARE KIK CUSTOM PRODUCTS INC. (KIK), GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION (GSA), AND PROPERTY OWNER KENNETH MOORE. UNDER THE TERMS OF THE AOC, KIK WILL CONDUCT THE WORK AND GSA WILL COVER ITS SHARE OF THE WORK IN A PAYMENT TO KIK ($150,000.00). THE AOC WILL ADDRESS SITE-IMPACTED STREAMS (SURFACE WATER AND SEDIMENTS) EXITING THE FORMER HEGELER ZINC PROPERTY AS FENCED BY EPA, INCLUDING GRAPE CREEK AND AN UNNAMED TRIBUTARY TO GRAPE CREEK, AND ANY SITE AND STREAM-RELATED PESTICIDE CONTAMINANT SOURCE AND/OR IMPACTED AREAS OUTSIDE OF THE EPA-CONSTRUCTED FENCE.