SECTIONS 106 AND 107 OF THE COMPREHENSIVE ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSE, COMPENSATION AND LIABILITY ACT (CERCLA) PROVIDE THE STATUTORY BASIS FOR THE COMPLAINT AND CONSENT DECREE. THE DEFENDANTS ARE THE CITY OF GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN, GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION, WICKES MANUFACTURING COMPANY, INC., MICHIGAN WASTE SYSTEMS, INC., AND ORGANIC CHEMICALS, INC. THE ABOVE-NAMED DEFENDANTS HAVE AGREED TO ENTRY OF THE CONSENT DECREE FOR THE PURPOSE OF CONDUCTING A REMEDIAL INVESTIGATION AND FEASIBILITY STUDY AT THE BUTTERWORTH LANDFILL IN GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN. THE DEFENDANTS HAVE AGREED TO REIMBURSE EPA FOR THE AGENCY'S OVERSIGHT COSTS. REPAYMENT OF PAST COSTS HAS BEEN DEFERRED UNTIL COMPLETION OF THE FEASIBILITY STUDY WHEN ADDITIONAL PRP'S MAY BE IDENTIFIED. DEFENDANT, CITY OF GRAND RAPIDS, OWNS AND OPERATED THE BUTTERWORTH LANDFILL. MICHIGAN WASTE SYSTEMS, INC., OR ITS PREDECESSOR, HAULED HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES TO THE LANDFILL. THE REMAINING THREE DEFENDANTS ARE GENERATORS. THERE ARE NO NATIONAL OR PRECEDENTIAL LEGAL OR FACTUAL ISSUES. ROBERT B. SCHAEFER, REGIONAL COUNSEL AND BASIL G. CONSTAN- TELOS, DIRECTOR, WASTE MANAGEMENT DIVISION, AND THEIR STAFF, HAVE REVIEWED THE PROPOSED CONSENT DECREE, INCLUDING TECHNICAL ATTACHMENTS, AND HAVE DETERM