BACKGROUND AND NATURE OF CASE FOR THE PERIOD 1955 THROUGH 1972, TERRY LITTLE AND JACK LITTLE DBA TERRY LITTLE OIL REFINERY AND TERRY LITTLE INDUS- TRIAL SERVICE SUPPLY COMPANY OWNED AND OPERATED FOUR DIKED LAGOONS IN SANDUSKY COUNTY, OHIO. THE LAGOONS USED SOLELY FOR THE PURPOSE OF HANDLING DISPOSING OF INDUSTRIAL CHEMICAL WASTES, COVER APPROXIMATELY 253,000 SQUARE FEET AND ARE SUR- ROUNDED BY CROP FIELDS AND WOODS. DURING THE ACTIVE LIFE OF THE SITE THE LITTLES CONTRACTED TO TRANSPORT AND DISPOSE OF CHEMICAL WASTES FROM THE LUBRIZOL CORPORATION, ALLIED CHEM- ICAL CORPORATION, ROCKWELL INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION, AND E. I. DUPONT DE NEMOURS & CO.. THE BULK OF THE WASTE TRANSPORT- ED AND DISPOSED OF AT THE SITE WAS GENERATED BY THE LUBRIZOL CORPORATION. THE SITE WAS CLOSED IN 1970 FOLLOWING A DUCK KILL AND SUB SEQUENT CANCELLATION BY THE LUBRIZOL CORPORATION OF ITS DIS POSAL CONTRACTS WITH THE LITTLES. THE SITE WAS EVENTUALLY CONVEYED TO GARY L. GREINER IN 1973 WHO USED THE SITE FOR THE DISPOSAL OF DEMOLITION DEBRIS. MR. GREINER, ALLEGED TO BE JUDGMENT PROOF, IS CURRENTLY IN CONTEMPT OF A COUNTY COURT'S JUDGMENT REQUIRING PROPER CLOSURE OF THE SITE. IN DECEMBER, 1981, DEMANDS FOR CLEAN-UP WERE MADE TO TERRY LITTLE AND GARY L. GREINER. BOTH PARTIES REFUSED TO TAKE ANY ACTION AT THE SITE. EPA WENT FORWARD WITH PHASE I OF THE CLEAN-UP STRATEGY IN FEBRUARY, 1982,