02/15/91: WILL CONTACT ATTORNEY FOR CASE SUMMARY. 06/26/91: THE GENEVA INDUSTRIES SITE ( SITE ) IS AN ABANDONED REFINERY/CHEMICAL MANUFACTURING FACILITY LOCATED AT 9334 CANIFF ROAD IN HOUSTON, TEXAS. THE SITE COVERS APPROXIMATELY 13 ACRES AND IS 2 MILES EAST OF HOBBY AIRPORT IN A MIXED RESIDENTIAL AND LIGHT INDUSTRIAL AREA. THE SITE INCLUDED PROCESSING TANKS AND ASSOCIATED PIPING, DISTILLATION COLUMNS, A LARGE WASTE GAGOON, 2 SMALLER LAGOONS, A CLOSED OUT LAGOON CONTAINING SOLID PCB WASTES, A DIKED STORAGE TANK AREA, SEVERAL DRUM STORAGE AREAS, A LANDFARM, AND A LANDFILL. THE SITE WAS LISTED ON THE NATIONAL PRIORITIES LIST (NPL) ON SEPTEMBER 11, 1984. (49 FED. REG. 37070). GENEVA INDUSTRIES MANUFACTURED A VARIETY OF ORGANIC COMPOUNDS INCLUDING BIPHENYL, POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS (PCBS), PHENYL PHENOL, NAPHTHA, AND NOS. 2 AND 6 FUEL OILS AT THE SITE FROM 1967 THROUGH 1973. THESE PRODUCTS, ALONG WITH OTHER CHLORINATED HYDROCARBONS, SOLVENTS, VOLATILE ORGANICS, AND POLYNUCLEAR AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS (PAHS) ASSOCIATED WITH THE MANUFACTURING PROCESSES ARE THE MAJOR CONTAMINANTS AT THE SITE. GENEVA INDUSTRIES FILED FOR BANKRUPTCY PROTECTION IN NOVEMBER 1973. PILOT INDUSTRIES OF TEXAS, INC. BOUGHT THE FACILITY FROM THE GENEVA INDUSTRIES BANKRUPTCY ESTATE IN FEBRUARY 1974 AND OPERATED THE PLANT UNTIL 1976