ON AUGUST 29, 2007 EPA SIGNED A CERCLA SECTION 122(H) AGREEMENT FOR RECOVERY OF PAST RESPONSE COSTS ( SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT ) FOR A REMOVAL ACTION COMPLETED AT THE SOMERS PLATING SUPERFUND SITE LOCATED IN SOMERS CONNECTICUT ( THE SITE ). THE FORMER OWNERS AT THE SITE OPERATED A METAL WORKING SHOP/PLATING FACILITY KNOWN AS SOMERS PLATING, INC. HEAVEY METALS ASSOCIATED WITH THE SOMERS PLATING OPERATIONS WERE FOUND AT THE SITE. EPA's REMOVAL ACTION INVOLVED EXCAVATING AND DISPOSING OF CONTAMINATED SOIL OFFSITE, INSTALLING TWO GROUNDWATER MONITORING WELLS AND BACKFILLING AND HYDRO-SEEDING DISTURBED AREAS. COST RECOVERY WILL BE 40% OF NET PROCEEDS FROM THE SALE OF THE PROPERTY.