RI/FS COMPLETED. ROD SIGNATURE SET FOR 8/1/88. RD/RA NEGOTIATIONS ARE UNDERWAY GOOD FAITH OFFER TO CONDUCT THE REMEDIATION RECEIVED FROM WASTE MANAGEMENT ON JULY 11, 1988. WASTE MANAGEMENT OWNED AND OPERATED THE SITE. THE FORT WAYNE REDUCTION SITE IS LOCATED IN FORT WAYNE, INDIANA. THE SITE IS INCLUDED ON THE CERCLA NAT'L PRIORI- TIES LIST. UPON COMPLETION OF A FUND-FINANCED RI/FS, USEPA ISSUED THE ROD FOR THE SITE ON AUGUST 26, 1988. THE REMEDY REQUIRED BY THE ROD CALLS FOR EXCAVATION AND OFF-SITE INCINERATION OF DRUMS, RECONSOLIDATION AND CAPPING OF CONTAMINATED SOILS, GROUNDWATER COLLECTION AND TREATMENT AT THE WESTERN PORTION OF THE SITE TO PREVENT MIGRATION OF CONTAMINATION GROUNDWATER INTO THE MAUMEE RIVER (ADJOINING THE SITE), AND MONITORING OF GROUNDWATER IN PERPETUITY. THE ESTIMATED COST OF THIS REMEDY IS $10.2 MILLION. THE COST OF USEPA OVERSIGHT IS ESTIMATED AT $500.000. USEPA HAS INCUR- RED APPROXIMATELY $1.2M IN PAST (MOSTLY RI/FS) COSTS. USEPA INITIATED NEGOTIATIONS FOR THE REMEDIAL DESIGN/REME- DIAL ACTION (RD/RA) ON MAY 2, 1988, UPON ISSUANCE OF SPECI- AL NOTICE TO ALL KNOWN POTENTIALLY RESPONSIBLE PARTIES (PRP S) PURSUANT TO CERCLA SECT 122E. THE PRPS INCLUDED SCA SER- VICES OF INDIANA, INC., A WASTE MGMT, INC. SUBSIDIARY AND THE CURRENT OWNER AND FORMER OPERATOR OF THE SITE, AND 12 GENERATOR PRPS. THE GENERATORS INCLUDE UNIROYAL GOODRICH TIRE CO., POTLATCH CORP., AND 10 OTHER