UNDER THIS PROPOSED SETTLEMENT, 77 DE MINIMIS SETTLORS (REPRESENTING 81POTENTIALLY RESPONSIBLE PARTIES ( PRPS )) AND TWO FEDERAL DE MINIMIS SETTLORS HAVE AGREED TO PAY A TOTAL OF $ 3,083,555.54 INTO AN ESCROW ACCOUNT TO BE HELD FOR PAYMENT OF U.S. EPA'S RESPONSE COSTS AND FOR FUNDING THE REMOVAL ACTIONS TO BE PERFORMED AT THE SITE. IN ADDITION, 34 NON-DE MINIMIS SETTLORS (REPRESENTING 35 PRPS) HAVE AGREED TO PERFORM THE RESPONSE ACTIONS SELECTED FOR THE SITE BY U.S. EPA AND TO PAY ALL OF U.S. EPA'S OVERSIGHT COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE WORK.
ZIONSVILLE THIRD SITE IS A 2-ACRE PARCEL ADJACENT TO THE ENVIROCHEM SUPERFUND SITE. THE SITE SERVED AS A STAGING AREA FOR HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES SENT TO THE ENVIROCHEM SITE. IT ALSO INCLUDES A MAN-MADE RECREATIONAL POND, WHICH IS USED BY A NEARBY RESIDENCE FOR FISHING AND SWIMMING, AND A PORTION OF THE CREEK BED FOR FINLEY CREEK. FINLEY CREEK FLOWS INTO EAGLE CREEK, WHICH EMPTIES INTO THE EAGLE CREEK RESERVOIR. EAGLE CREEK RESERVOIR SUPPLIES APPROXIMATELY 6% OF THE DRINKING WATER SUPPLY FOR THE CITY OF INDIANAPOLIS.
THIRD SITE WAS IDENTIFIED AS A SIGNIFICANT, DISCRETE AREA OF CONTAMINATION DURING THE LATE STAGES OF RD/RA CONSENT DECREE NEGOTIATIONS FOR THE ENVIROCHEM SITE. SOILS LOCATED BETWEEN THE POND AND THE CREEK BED ARE CONTAMINATED WITH HIGH CONCENTRATIONS OF VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS. SIMILAR CONTAMINANTS WERE DETECTED (AT LOW