(THIS IS AN NPL SITE) SEYMOUR RECYCLING CORP, ET. AL - SEYMOUR, IN FILED 5/9/80, CIVIL ACTION #IP 80-457-C US DISTRICT CT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF IN THE COMPLAIN ASSERTS THAT AS OF 3/28/80, APPROX 40000-60000 DRUMS, & MORE THAN 80 BULK TNKS WERE ON THE SITE. COMPLAINT MAINTAINS THAT MAJ OF THESE CONTAINERS WERE RUSTED, PUNCTURED, & WERE MISSING LIDS - RESULTING IN SPILLAGE & LEAKAGE OF WASTES ONTO THE GRND. ACCRDING TO THE SUIT, THIS HAS RESULTED IN SOIL CONTAMINATION, FIRES & ODOROUS FUMES. COMPLAINT ASSERTS THAT PRIOR TO 3/28/80 CONTAMINATED RUN-OFF HAD ENTERED DRAINAGE DITCHES SURROUNDNG PROPERTY; AREA RESIDNTS COMPLAINED OF ODORS & FUMES RESULTING IN EYE & LUNG IRRITATIONS; NEARBY BUSINESSES HAD TO BE EVACUATED BECAUSE OF THREATS FROM FIRE & FUMES; & A FIRE HAZARD EXISTED AS MANY DRUMS WERE UNLABELLED OR IMPROPERLY LABELLED. THE EPA REGIONAL RESPONSE TEAM UNDER THE AUTHORITY OF THE HAZARDOUS SPILL CLNUP PROGRAM OF THE CLEAN WATER ACT, WAS CALLED IN FOLLOWING THE MAR 28 INCIDENT. THE COMPLAINT STATES THAT SEVERAL CHEM DEFINED IN SEC 311 OF THE ACT WERE FOUND IN A DITCH OUTSIDE THE NORTH FENCE OF THE SITE. THE DITCH LEADS TO A STREAM KNOWN AS HEDDY RUN WHICH IS A TRIBUTORY OF THE EAST FORK OF THE WHITE RIVER, A NAVIGABLE WATERWAY OF THE USA. AN EPA CONTRACTOR UNDER SUPERVISION OF EPA REG