10/8/99: ON SEPTEMBER 30, 1999, REGION VII SENT AN EXPEDITE D REFERRAL FOR FILING A PROOF OF CLAIM AND OBTAINING SETTLEM ENT ON TWO CHAPTER 7 BANKRUPTCY MATTERS IN THE STATE OF NEBR ASKA INCLUDING LOCKWOOD CORPORATION, CHAPTER 7 DEBTOR, AND P OWERHORSE LOCKWOOD IRRIGATION, INC., CHAPTER 7 DEBTOR. THE REGION IS PREPARING A REMOVAL ACTION MEMORANDUM TO IMPLE MENT A TIME-CRITICAL REMOVAL OF HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES AT THE FACILITY. A FORMER OPERATOR AT THE FACILITY, POWERHORSE LOC KWOOD IRRIGATION, INC. ABANDONED SIGNIFICANT QUANTITIES OF S PENT SULFURIC ACID AT THE SITE IN MARCH 1999. THE SUPERFUND ON-SCENE COORDINATOR IS PREPARING TO TREAT AND DISPOSE OF T HE WASTES. IN ADDITION, A REMOVAL ASSESSMENT IS PLANNED TO EVALUATE OTHER POTENTIAL RELEASES OF HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES, F OR EXAMPLE,TETRACHLOROETHENE, HAS BEEN DETECTED IN GROUND W ATER SAMPLES FROM NUMEROUS MONITORING WELLS ON SITE. THESE OTHER RELEASES OF HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES OCCURRED AT THE SITE DURING THE TIME THAT LOCKWOOD CORPORATION OWNED AND OPERATED THE MANUFACTURING FACILITY.