PRE-REFERRAL LITIGATION AND DRAFT CONSENT DECREE TO SUPPORT THE FILING OF CIVIL ACTION TO REQUIRE REMEDIAL ACTION AND THE PAYMENT OF COSTS PURSUANT TO SECTIONS 106 AND 107 OF CERCLA. THE SUBJECT OF ACTION IS THE COMMENCE- MENT BAY - NEARSHORE/TIDEFLATS (CB/NT) SUPERFUND SITE, LOCATED IN TACOMA, WA. EPA INTENDS TO ISSUE IN 1/90, CERCLA SPECIAL NOTICE LETTERS TO SIMPSON TACOMA KRAFT CO, CHAMPION INTERNATIONAL, AND THE WASHINGTON DEPT OF NATURAL RESOURCES TO BEGIN CONSENT DECREE NEGOTIATIONS TO FULLY IMPLEMENT THE SELECTED REMEDIAL ACTION AND FOR PAYMENT OF PAST CERCLA ENFORCEMENT COSTS RELATING TO THE ST. PAUL WATERWAY PROBLEM AREA OF THE CB/NT SITE. A RI/FS OF THE SITE WAS CONDUCTED BY THE WA DEPT OF ECOLOGY THROUGH A COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT WITH EPA REGION 10. A FINAL FEASIBILITY REPORT WAS RELEASED FOR PUBLIC COMMENT IN 2/89. EPA ISSUED A ROD ON 9/30/89, SETTING FORTH THE SELECTED REMEDIAL ACTION FOR THE SITE. THE ROD WAS CONCURR- ED ON BY THE STATE OF WA AND THE PUYALLUP INDIAN TRIBE, WHICH ALSO HAS ENTERED INTO CERCLA COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT WITH EPA. THE PROPOSED CONSENT DECREE SETTLEMENT INCLUDES A FULL RECOVERY OF IDENTIFIED PAST AND FUTURE AGENCY RESPONSE COSTS. IT ALSO REQUIRES THE DEFENDANTS TO FULLY IMPLEMENT THE REMEDIAL ACTION FOR THE ST. PAUL W