THIS IS A COST RECOVERY ACTION FOR $154,583 EXPENDED BY EPA IN CONDUCTING AN EMERGENCY REMOVAL AT THE SITE. THIS SITE IS NOT ON THE NPL. NO FURTHER ACTION IS PLANNED AT THE SITE. REGION III HAD INCLUDED ONE GILBERT FOX AS A POTENTIAL DEFENDANT. HEADQUARTERS SUGGESTED THAT FOX MIGHT HAVE A VALID THIRD-PARTY DEFENSE TO LIABILITY. THE LITIGATION TEAM WILL HAVE TO INVESTIGATE THIS FURTHER. THE SITE CONSISTS OF A MINI-STORAGE WAREHOUSE UNIT AND A WOODED AREA LOCATED APPROXIAMATELY 100 FEET AWAY. JAMES LUTHER BOYD LEASED THE WAREHOUSE FROM THE DORENS AND IS BELIEVED TO HAVE ABANDONED THE WAREHOUSE AND DUMPED VARIOUS CHEMICAL SUBSTANCES INTO THE WOODED AREA NEARBY. EPA WAS NOTIFIED OF THIS SITE BY THE MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENT WHO ASSISTED IN THE CLEANUP. EPA CONDUCTED A REMOVAL ACTION IN SEPTEMBER 1984 AND REMOVED AND DISPOSED OF THE HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES FROM THE WAREHOUSE, DECONTAMINATED THE WAREHOUSE, SAMPLED, ANALYZED, EXCAVATED, AND DISPOSED OF CONTAMINATED SOIL IN THE WOODED AREA. DEMAND LETTERS HAD BEEN SENT TO ALL DEFENDANTS ON OCTOBER 4TH, 1987.