LUMINOUS PROCESSES, INC IS AN ABANDONED MANUFACTUR- ING FACILITY LOCATED APPROX 4 MILES WEST OF DOWNTOWN ATHENS ON US HIGHWAY 78/29. THE CO UTILIZED RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS IN THE PRODUCTION OF LUMINOUS WATCH & CLOCK DIALS DURING THE PD BETWEEN 1952 & 1978. THE BUILDINGS & SURROUNDING GROUNDS, INCLUDING ADJA- CENT PROPERTY, ARE CONTAMINATED W/RADIUM-226 & TRITIUM THAT ARE IN EXCESS OF GENERALLY ACCEPTED CRITERIA FOR PERMISSIBLE LEVELS OF RADIATION OR RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS IN UNRESTRICTED OR NON-CONTROLED AREAS. THERE IS A POTEN- TIAL FOR ADDITIONAL SPREAD OF CONTAMINATION THROUGH LEAC- HING & EROSION BY WIND & WATER. THE SITE IS IN A HIGH GROWTH AREA WHERE PRESENTLY THE ADJACENT PROPERTY CONSIS- TS OF COMMERCIAL BUSINESS FIRMS & RESIDENCES. ON 4/20/81, THE STATE FILED SUIT IN SUPERIOR COURT AGAINST THE DEFUNCT CO, LUMINOUS PROCESSES. THE CO SUB- SEQUENTLY FILED FOR BANKRUPTCY. THE STATE ACTION IS AN ATTEMPT TO PIERCE THE CORP VEIL & HOLD THE OFFICERS & DIRECTORS OF THE CORP INDIVIDUALLY LIABLE. EPA HAS USED SUPERFUND TO CLEAN UP THE SITE, INCLUDING THE CONTAMINA- TED BUILDINGS. THE SITE IS ON THE PROPOSED NPL.