SINCE THE 1998 CONSENT DECREE FOR RD/RA WAS ENTERED, THE CITY OF JACKSONVILLE, UNDER EPA OVERSIGHT, HAS BEEN REMEDIATING PROPERTIES CONTAMINATED WITH ASH & HEAVY MEDALS WITHIN THE JACKSONVILLE ASH & BROWN'S DUMP SITES. AS THE REMEDIATION EFFORT COMES TO A CONCLUSION, SEVERAL PROPERTIES STILL NEED TO BE SAMPLED FOR CONTAMINATION, BUT ALL EFFORTS TO THIS POINT IN GAINING ACCESS TO THOSE PROPERTIES HAVE BEEN UNSUCCESSFUL. THIS GROUP OF 14 PARCELS IS NOW BEING REFERRED TO THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE TO PETITION THE COURT FOR ACCESS TO ALLOW FOR THIS SAMPLING AND, POTENTIALLY, REMEDIATION AS NECESSARY.