10/9/98: THE FENTON CREEK DUMP SITE IS LOCATED IN FENTON, MISSOURI, I N A RESIDENTIAL AREA OUTSIDE OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, AND ADJ ACENT TO GEORGE C. WINTER PARK, OWNED BY ST. LOUIS COUNTY. THE SITE WAS DISCOVERED IN 1991 WHEN A HOME OWNER NEXT TO TH E SITE CONTACTED THE MISSOURI DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCE S (MDNR) REGARDING DISPOSAL OF PAINT SLUDGE ON THE PARCEL OF LAND ADJOINING HIS PROPERTY. MDNRS INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT CLARENCE CHOTT HAD OPERATED A LANDFILL ON HIS PROPERTY FROM APPROXIMATELY 1957 TO 1967, DURING WHICH TIME SEVERAL HAULING COMPANIES BROUGHT TRASH AND PAINT WASTE FROM THE FEN TON, MISSOURI, CHRYSLER PLANT FOR DISPOSAL. THE TRASH WAS B URNED, AND THE PAINT WASTE WAS DUMPED IN A DRY STREAM BED. TWO SITE INVESTIGATIONS PERFORMED BY MDNR IN 1993 AND A SUBS EQUENT REMOVAL ASSESSMENT PERFORMED BY EPA IN 1994 REVEALED THAT THE PAINT WASTE IS A CERCLA HAZARDOUS WASTE IN THAT IT EXHIBITED THE RCRA CHARACTERISTICS OF TOXICITY FOR LEAD AND IGNITABILITY. FINDINGS BY THE STATE AND EPA WERE ALSO SUBST