GULF COAST LEAD CO., INC. ARRANGED TO HAVE ITS DISCARDED PLASICS AND RUBBER BATTERY CASINGS REMOVED FROM ITS PLANT IN TAMPA AND TRANSPORTED TO AND DUMPED AT THE KASSOUF-KIMERLING SITE WHICH IS LOCATED WITHIN ONE MILE OF GULF COAST'S PLANT. THE BATTERY CASINGS CONTAINED HIGH LEVEL OF LEAD. AS A RESULT, THE PIT INTO WHICH THE CASING WERE DUMPED, AND THE UNDERLYING AND SURROUNDING SOILS, SEDIMENTS AND GROUND WATER AND PORTION OF THE ADJACENT MARSH, HAVE BECOME CONTAMINATED WITH HIGH LEVELS OF LEAD EPA HAS ISSUED TWO RECORDS OF DECISION FOR THE SITE. THE FIRST, SIGNED ON 3/31/89, ADDRESSES REMEDIATION OF THE LANDFILL (OPERABLE UNIT ONE), THE SECOND ROD, SIGNED ON 3/31/90, ADDRESSES REMEDIATION OF THE MARSH/WETLANDS (OPERABLE UNIT TWO), GULF COAST HAS OFFERED TO CONDUCT THE RD/RA FOR BOTH OPERABLE UNITS.