1. A cost recovery claim, pursuant to Section 107 of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. ' 9607, and a claim for injunctive relief, pursuant to Section 7003 of RCRA, 42 U.S.C. ' 6973, against Union and Metal Bank arising out of the Metal Bank Superfund Site in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania. This site was a former scrap metal and transformer reclamation facility located on the Delaware River. The facility was owned and operated by Union and its subsidiary, Metal Bank. During operations at the site, transformer oils were regularly released into the environment. As a result of these events, the soil and groundwater at the site became contaminated with polychlorinated biphenyls ( PCB ), polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons ( PAH ), heavy metals, volatile organic compounds ( VOCs ) and semi-volatile organic compounds ( SVOC ). In 1980, the United States commenced an action against Union, Metal Bank and others in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, which was captioned United States v. Union Corporation, et al., Civil Action No. 80-1589. The United States sought an injunction requiring defendants to clean up the contamination from the soils and groundwater and to reimburse the United States for prior studies. The case was placed in suspense for many years while the defendants attempted to conduct certain remedial actions and the United States continued to study the site. In 1998, the case was reactivated. A trial on defendants' liability w