ON DECEMBER 5, 2002, THE REGIONAL ADMINISTRATOR SIGNED AN ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER ON CONSENT FOR THE PICILLO FARM SUPERFUND SITE, LOCATED IN COVENTRY, RI. THE FIVE SETTLING, PERFORMING PARTIES, AMERICAN CYANAMID COMPANY, ASHLAND CHEMICAL COMPANY, GAF CORPORATION, GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, AND MONSANTO (THE RESPONDENTS ), HAVE AGREED TO PERFORM A REMOVAL ACTION AT THE SITE ESTIMATED AT $3.5 MILLION. EPA HAS AGREED TO PROVIDE PREAUTHORIZED MIXED FUNDING OF $1.4 MILLION. THE RESPONDENTS MUST COMPLETE THE REMOVAL BY AUGUST 1, 2003. THE PICILLO SITE IS LOCATED IN THE WESTERN PART OF COVENTRY, RI. IN 1977, AT LEAST 10,000 DRUMS OF HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES, PLUS AN UNDETERMINED VOLUME OF LIQUID CHEMICAL WASTE WAS DISPOSED OF IN SEVERAL TRENCHES ON A 7.5 ACRE PORTION OF THE SITE. THE SITE INCLUDES THE 7.5 ACRES DISPOSAL AREA, WHICH IS FENCED, AND APPROXIMATELY 35 ACRES OF CLEARED AND WOODED UPLANDS AND SOME WETLANDS, DEFINED BY THE EXTENT OF THE GROUND WATER AND SURFACE WATER CONTAMINATION