ARROW TRANSPORTATION LEASED A PORTION OF THE MPS TERMINAL PROPERTY FOR SEVEN YEARS. THE PROPERTY IS WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF THE COMMENCEMENT BAY NEARSHORE/TIDEFLATS SUPERFUND SITE, TACOMA, WA. THE PROPERTY WAS FOUND TO BE CONTAMINATED WITH BEP, PHATHLATES, COPPER, ZINC AND MERCURY. ARROW PROPERTY OPERATED A CHEMICAL TRANSLOADING FACILITY ON THE PROPERTY THAT TRANSLOADED SOME OR ALL OF THE CONTAMINANTS FOUND IN SOILS ON SITE. ARROW FILED FOR CHAPTER 11 BANKRUPTCY IN JUNE 1997. EPA SEEKS TO PRESERVE ITS CLAIM FOR RESPONSE COSTS AGAINST ARROW.