THE LIBBY GROUNDWATER SITE WAS ORIGINALLY PART OF A LUMBER AND PLYWOOD MILL COMPLEX WHICH PRODUCED TIMBERS AND POLES THAT WERE TREATED WITH CREOSOTE AND PENTACHLOROPHENOL, ALONG WITH CARRIER OILS. GROUNDWATER CONTAMINATION WAS FIRST DETECTED IN DOMESTIC WELLS WITHIN THE CITY OF LIBBY IN 1979. THE SETTLING RESPONDENTS WILL PURCHASE THE PROPERTY WHICH IS LOCATED WITHIN THE DEFINED BOUNDARIES OF THE SITE, TO DEVELOP A RETAIL CENTER FOR OPERATION OF AN ALBERTSON'S SUPERMARKET AND SALE OR LEASE OF SHOPS TO RETAIL MERCHANTS.