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PORZIO, BROMBERG & NEWMAN ___ ____A P R O F E S S I O N A L COR P O R A T I O N________ Practice Limited to Litigation and Environmental Law COUNSELLORS AT LAW 163 MADISON AVENUE MORRISTOWN, NJ 07962-1997 TELEPHONE (201) 538-4006 FAX(201) 538-5146 655 THIRD AVENUE (SUITE 900) NEW YORK, NY 10017-5617 TELEPHONE (212) 986-0600 FAX (212) 986-6491 STEVEN P. BENEN5ON * ROBERT J. BRENNAN LISA MURTHA BROMBERG MYRON J. BROMBERG D.JEFFREY CAMPBELL THOMAS R. CHESSON ROY ALAN COHEN ALEXANDER J. DRACO LAUREN E. HANDLER EDWARD A. HOGAN ANITA HOTCHKFSS KENNETH R. MEYER JOHN M. NEWMAN HOWARD J. SCHWARTZ RETIRED RALPH PORZIO COUNSEL STEWART A. CUNNINGHAM CHARLES E. ERWAY, ffl THOMAS SPIESMAN MITCHELL I. WEITZ + ANNE E BARETZ CRAIG B. BLEIFER CHRISTOPHER P. DEPHILLIPS* GARINEH S. DOVLETIAN PETER A. DRUCKER ANDREW S. EPSTEIN FRANK FAZIO BRIAN T. FLANAGAN * JOHN M. IX VANESSA M. KELLY JONATHAN M. KORN WILLIAM A. KRAIS JONATHAN R. KUHLMAN CONNIE A. MATTEO COLEEN J. McCAFFERY JAY R. McDANIEL JUDITH A. McDONOUCH* DEAN M. MONTI RANDI N. POMERANTZ ROBERT T. Q.UACKENBOS5 CYNTHIA D. RICHARDSON DAVID S. SAGER* GREGORY J. SCHWARTZ DIANE M. SIANA CHARLES J. STOIA JANET A. SULLIVAN MORNA L. SWEENEY MICHAEL M. TINGOLI STEPHEN L.WILLIS N. J. 8 N.Y. BARS *N. J. BAR ONLY + N.Y BAR ONLY August 17, 1995 /*-*\ Ms. Carolyn Kwan Environmental Engineer Project Manager U.S. EPA, Region 2 290 Broadway, 20th Floor New York, New York 10007-1866 Andrew L. Praschak, Esq. Associate Regional Counsel for Caribbean Programs Caribbean Field Office U.S. EPA, Region 2 Centre Europa Building, Suite 417 1492 Ponce De Leon Avenue, Stop i Santurce, Puerto Rico 00909 Re: Tutu Wellfield Superfund Site Our File No. 05120.24094______ Dear Ms. Kwan and Mr. Praschak: On behalf of our clients, we write concerning the United States Environmental Protection Agency:f:s ;(;"EPA") identification of Potentially Responsible Parties ("PRPs") for the Tutu Wellfield Superfund Site. f ."•{•: i*l^ . We bring to your attention "^he" existence of a number of individuals who may qualify as PRPs under CERCLA but have not been identitied by the EPA as PRPs. SpecificallyV'Sre refer to the officers, directors, partners, and shareholders^ |rr/Four Winds Plaza Partnership, L'Henri, Inc., Western Auto Repair, ^Ti'JL-itt Gardens, and Ramsey Motors, Inc. Under CERCLA, individuals who had the ability to control or direct PBNNJ-76270.1 TUT 008 0610 *65054* 65054 •* .. PORZIO, BROMBERG & NEWMAN A P R O F E S S I O N A L C O R P O R A T I O N Ms. Carolyn Kwan and Mr. Andrew L. Praschak August 17, 1995 the waste handling, treatment, storage or disposal of hazardous materials at facilities within the Tutu Wellfield Superfund Site qualify as PRPs. To our knowledge, no effort has been made by EPA to identify these individuals as PRPs, despite the fact that you advised all of those present on June 12, 1995, at the PRP meeting in New York, that you had read all of the deposition testimony and other filed documents in the PID/Harthman litigation pending before Judge Brotman. It is in the public interest that all potentially responsible parties be named in the EPA proceedings. With this in mind, we urge you to identify, as PRPs, the officers, directors, partners and shareholders of Four Winds Plaza Partnership, L'Henri, Inc., Tillet Gardens, Western Auto Repair, and Ramsey Motors, Inc., which may include, but are not limited to, the following persons: Frank Bonanno, Joseph Bonanno and Vincent Bonomo - Four Winds Plaza Partnership; Leo T. Barbel and Henry L. Magras - L'Henri, Inc.; Boris Tillet, James Tillet, Rhoda Tillet and Eric Tillet - Tillet Gardens; Rita Ramsey - Ramsey Motors, Inc.; and John Leeach - Western Auto Repair. This letter is not intended as a response to the PRP letters issued by the EPA on August 3, 1995 to Laga Industries, Ltd., The Duplan Corporation and Panex Industries, Inc. Under separate cover, we shall specifically respond to such letters. We request that you give this matter your earliest attention. Should you need any additional^Xfnforpiatyon, please do not hesitate to call us. Tohn M. Newman JMN:DMS:prc cc: All counsel on attached list PBNNJ-76270.1 OOS O6.il