IMPACT: ON SEPTEMBER 27, 1985, A CONSENT ORDER WAS ISSUED CONCERNING THE CLARE WATER SUPPLY SUPERFUND SITE. THE CONSENT ORDER WHICH WAS ENTERED INTO BETWEEN THE AGENCY AND COLT INDUSTRIES, EX-CELL-O CORPORATION, RANSBURG CORPORA- TION, AND UNITED TECHNOLOGIES AUTOMOTIVE INCORPORATED PRO- VIDED THAT THE RESPONSIBLE PARTIES WOULD CONDUCT A REMEDIAL INVESTIGATION AND FEASIBILITY STUDY (RI/FS) FOR THE SITE, AS WELL AS REIMBURSE U.S. EPA FOR ITS COSTS INCURRED PUR- SUANT TO THE CASE AND TO BE INCURRED DURING THE COURSE OF OVERSEEING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE RI/FS. BACKGROUND: THE WATER SUPPLY FOR THE CITY OF CLARE, MICHI- GAN LOCATED IN NORTH CENTRAL MICHIGAN HAS BEEN FOUND TO BE CONTAMINATED WITH TCE. PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATIONS AT THE SITE INDICATE THAT THE SOURCE OF THE CONTAMINATION MAY HAVE COME FROM FACILITIES WHICH WERE OWNED BY THE RESPONSIBLE PARTIES WHO ARE AGREEING TO DO THE RI/FS. THE PURPOSE OF THE RI/FS WILL BE TO DETERMINE THE NATURE AND EXTENT OF THE CONTAMINATION AFFECTING THE CLARE WATER SUPPLY AND THEN TO SET FORTH THE APPROPRIATE REMEDIAL MEASURE NEEDED TO RECTI- FY THE PROBLEM.