THE LEMAR DRIVE SITE IS ANOTHER SITE THAT REGION VII SEEKS TO ADD TO THE EXISTING MISSOURI DIOXIN LITIGATION (U.S. V. BLISS) WHICH WAS ORIGINALLY FILED IN THE EASTERN DIVISION OF MISSOURI ON JANUARY 20, 1984. THE ORIGINAL COMPLAINT INCLUDED SIX SITES AND WAS AMENDED OVER THE YEARS TO BRING IN A TOTAL OF 28 SITES, ALL OF WHICH HAVE COMMON ELEMENTS AND COMMON DEFENDANTS. THAT CASE WAS RESOLVED OVER THE COURSE OF THE YEARS WITH SEVERAL CONSENT DECREES. THE RESOLUTION CULMINATED WITH THE CONSTRUCTION OF AN INCINERATOR AT THE TIMES BEACH SITE BY THE SYNTEX DEFENDANTS. IN JULY, 1997, THE CONTAMINATED MATERIAL FROM ALL THE SITES HAD BEEN THERMALLY TREATED AND THE DECONSTRUCTION OF THE INCINERATOR HAD BEGUN. SHORTLY THEREAFTER, EPA WAS NOTIFIED BY SYNTEX THAT IT HAD RECEIVED A DEMAND FROM PRIVATE PARTIES RELATING TO DIOXIN CONTAMINATION AT A SITE PREVIOUSLY KNOWN TO EITHER EPA OR SYNTEX. THAT SITE CAME TO BE KNOWN AS THE LEMAR DRIVE SITE. AS A CONSEQUENCE OF THE DISCOVERY OF THE LEMAR DRIVE SITE, REGION VII BEGAN YET ANOTHER INVESTIGATION OF POTENTIAL DIOXIN SITES IN THE ST. LOUIS AREA. IN ADDITION TO THE INVESTIGATION OF SITES, EPA AGAIN COMMENCED THE TASK OF ESTABLISHING THE LIABILTY OF THE PREVIOUS DEFENDANTS SINCE THIS SITE HAD THE SAME FACT PATTERN AS THE PREVIOUS 28 SITES. THE SITE WAS SPRAYED FOR DUST CONTROL BY RUSSELL BLISS IN THE 1971 TIME PERIOD, THUS