REMOVAL ACTION - EPA LEAD. THE SITE WAS OPERATED BY QUALITY PLATING, INC., AS A METAL PLATING FACILITY FROM THE LATE 1970S UNTIL 1993. THE DISSOLUTION OF QUALITY PLATING, INC., RESULTED IN THE ABANDONMENT OF THE SITE PROPERTY AND MORE THAN 200 CON- TAINERS, OPEN VATS, AND TANKS CONTAINING APPROXIMATELY 50,000 GALLONS OF ACIDS, CAUSTICS, CYANIDE, AND HEAVY METAL SOLUTIONS. BETWEEN NOVEMBER 1994 AND MAY 1995, THE U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY ( U.S.EPA )INITIATED A TIME-CRITICAL REMOVAL ACTION AT THE STIE. U.S. EPA COMPLETED THE REMOVAL ACTION AT THE QUALITY PLATING SITE ON MAY 10, 1995. THE TOTAL COSTS EXPENDED AT THE SITE, AS OF AUGUST 31,1997, WERE $513,799. ON OCTOBER 20, 1997, U.S. EPA ISSUED A DEMAND LETTER TO MR. WILLIAM E. MARMITT, A FORMER CHIEF OPERATING/EXECUTIVE OFFICER AND SHAREHOLDER OF QUALITY PLATING, INC., SEEKING REIMBURSEMENT OF RESPONSE COSTS. MR. MARMITT OPERATED THE FACILITY BY ACTIVELY PARTICIPATING IN THE DECISION TO ABANDON THE FACILITY AND ITS CONTENTS IN 1993. MR. MARMITT HAS PROVIDED FINANCIAL INFORMATION TO U.S. EPA AND THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE TO SUBSTANTIATE HIS CLAIM OF AN INABILITY TO PAY THE ENTIRETY OF THE RESPONSE COSTS. ON THIS BASIS, U.S. EPA REACHED AN AGREEMENT FOR MR. MARMITT TO PAY $25,000 OF THE RESPONSE COSTS