MIDWEST SOLVENT RECOVERY, INC. (MIDCO #1 & #2) - GARY, IN. FILED 11/16/79, CIVIL ACTION #H79-556. US DIST COURT FOR N DIST OF IN., HAMMOND DIV. THIS ACTION INVOLVES MIDWEST SOLVENT RECOVERY, INC. (MIDCO #1) & MIDWEST INDUSTRIAL WASTE DISPOSAL CO., INC. (MIDCO #2). THE COMPLAINT ALLEGED THAT BOTH SITES EXPERIENCED MAJOR FIRES. APPROX. 14,000 55 GAL DRUMS WERE PRESENT AT THE MIDCO #1 SITE WHEN THE COMPLAINT WAS FILED. THE SITE WAS UNFENCED, & A NUMBER OF BUSINESSES WERE NEARBY. SOIL & WATER ANALYSIS OF THE SITE INDICATED CONTAMINATION BY HAZD SUBSTANCES CONTAINING TRACE METALS. AN AUG 1977 FIRE DAMAGED & CONSUMED THOUSANDS OF 55 GAL DRUMS AT THE MIDCO #2 SITE. THE PUBLIC HAD EASY ACCESS TO THE PROPERTY AS FENCING WAS EITHER NONEXISTENT OR IN DISREPAIR. THE GOV SEEKS RELIEF PURSUANT TO SECTION 7003 OF THE RESOURCE CONSERVATION & RECOVERY ACT. MOTIONS FOR A PRELIM. INJUNCTION & A TEMP RESTRAINING ORDER WERE FILED WITH THE COMPLAINT ON 11/16/79. WHILE THESE MOTIONS WERE PENDING, ON 12/27/79, A MOTION FOR A TEMP RESTRAINING ORDER WAS FILED BECAUSE ONE DEF. WAS MOVING MATERIAL & IT WAS BEGINNING TO SMOKE. MOTION GRANTED. ON JAN 31, 1980, THE JUDGE GRANTED THE PLAINTIFF A PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION REQUIRING FENCING & PATROLLING OF THE 2 SITES & REMOVAL OF THE HAZD WASTES FROM MIDCO #1 ACCORDING TO AN EPA APPROVED PLAN. T