U.S. DOJ FILE A COMPLAINT ON BEHALF OF THE U.S. TO RECOVER SOME $2,000,000 SPENT BY THE U.S.EPA IN RESPONSE ACTIVITIES CONNECTED WITH THE CAM-OR SITE. IN FEBRUARY, 1987, CAM-OR, INC., CEASED OPERATING AND THEN ABANDONED THEIR USED OIL RE-FINERY FACILITY IN WETVILLE, IN. IN ABANDONING THE FACILITY, CAM-OR, INC., FAILED TO CARRY OUT THE CLEANUP OF PCB-CONTAMINATED OIL AT THE FACILITY, WHICH HAD BEEN NEGOTIATED WITH U.S.EPA'S TSCA SECTION. TO ABATE THE THREAT TO HUMAN HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT POSED BY THE SITE, THE U.S. EPA CONDUCTED AN EMERGENCY REMOVAL WHICH ENTAILED DEWATERING ALL LAGOONS, AND CONSOLIDATING PCB CONTAMINATED OIL FROM SEVERAL LAGOONS BY MIXING THE PCB OIL WITH LIMEAND MOVING THE OIL/LIME SLURRY INTO A POLYETHYLENE- COVERED, BERMED LAGOON ON SITE. U.S. EPA INCURRED APPROXI- MATELY $2,000,000 IN EXPENSES TO COMPLETE THIS RESPONSE ACTION OF THE SITE. AT THIS TIME, PCBS ARE NO LONGER DETECT ABLE IN THE OIL AND ACID SLUDGE, BUT THE WASTE IS STILL A HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES BASED ON ITS HIGH CORROSIVITY. ON SEPTEMBER 18, 1989, THE U.S. EPA ISSUED A UNILATERAL CERCLA SECTION 106(A) ADMINISTRATOVE ORDER REQUIRING SEVEN- TEEN NAMED RESPONDENTS TO CLEANUP THE CAM-OR, INC. IN WEST- VILLE, INDIANA. ON OCTOBER 18, 1989, NINE RESPONDENTS COM- MITTED TO PERFORM THE CLEANUP, WHICH ENTAILS REMOVING ACID- IC WASTE OILS AND SLUDGES FROM LAGOONS, TANKS, AND DRUMS ON SITE. THE WORK TO BE PERFORMED PURS