WITH THIS REFERRAL, EPA REQUESTS ASSISTANCE FROM DOJ IN NEGOTIATING WITH OR COMMENCING SUIT AGAINST THE THREE REMAINING RAMP POTENTIALLY RESPONSIBLE PARTIES; RAMP, INC., DANIEL E. CAULK, AND RSO, INC. IN EARLY 1998, EPA REQUESTED ASSISTANCE FROM DOJ WITH RESPECT TO CERCLA CLAIMS AGAINST THE GENERATORS AT THE RAMP INDUSTRIES SITE. A NEW REFERRAL HAS BECOME NECESSARY TO ADDRESS ISSUES OUTSTANDING FROM A PRIOR REFERRAL.