1. SECTIONS 107 OF THE COMPREHENSIVE ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSE, COMPENSATION, AND LIABILITY ACT ( CERCLA ), 42 U.S.C. SECTION 9607. 2. SIKES DISPOSAL PITS SUPERFUND SITE CROSBY, TEXAS 3. THE SIKES DISPOSAL PITS SITE WAS AN UNPERMITTED WASTE DISPOSAL FACILITY OPERATED BY THE SIKES FAMILY, WHO LIVED ONSITE. A MAIN WASTE PIT, DRUM WASTE AREAS, TANK LAKE (A SMALL, NATURAL BODY OF WATER), AN ADJACENT SLOUGH, AND SMALL WASTE PITS WERE USED FOR DISPOSAL OF CHEMICAL WASTES FROM AREA PETROCHEMICAL PLANTS, REFINERIES AND OTHER INDUSTRIES. REPORTS OF THE TIME OF DISPOSAL VARY FROM THE MID-1950S OR THE EARLY 1960S, UNTIL APPROXIMATE- LY 1967. COMPOUNDS FOUND ON-SITE WHICH ARE HAZARDOUS SUB- STANCES UNDER CERCLA INCLUDE HEAVY METALS, PHENOLIC COM- POUNDS, XYLENE, BENZENE, CREOSOTE, TOLUENE, AND OTHER OR- GANICS. 4. RELIEF SOUGHT PURSUANT TO SECTION 107 OF CERCLA, EPA RE- QUESTS THE FILING OF AN ACTION BY DOJ FOR THE RECOVERY OF RESPONSE COSTS, PLUS INTERSET, FOR MEASURES UNDERTAKEN AT THE SITE. THE REFERRAL ALSO SEEKS A DECLARATORY JUDGMENT OF LIABILITY FOR FUTURE RESPONSE COSTS INCURRED AT THE SITE. 5. SIKES DISPOSAL PIT WAS ONE OF THE ORIGINAL SITES RANKED UNDER THE HAZARD RANKING SYSTEM,