8/20/99: MRM INDUSTRIES, INC. SUPERFUND SITE, SIKESTON, MIS SOURI: A REFERRAL WAS SENT TO THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE ON A UGUST 4, 1999, WHICH SEEKS RECOVERY OF COSTS INCURRED IN CON NECTION WITH RESPONSE ACTIONS AT THE MRM INDUSTRIES, INC. SI TE IN SIKESTON, MISSOURI. THE SITE WAS OWNED BY MRM INDUSTR IES, INC. WHICH MANUFACTURED BRASS SHEETS. MRM INDUSTRIES, INC. LEFT THE SITE IN 1991, AND ABANDONED A NUMBER OF WASTES . EPA SENT MRM INDUSTRIES A UNILATERAL ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER (UAO) PURSUANT TO SECTION 106 OF CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. a 9606, IN 1994 ORDERING IT TO PERFORM A RESPONSE ACTION. MRM INDUS TRIES, INC. WAS ADMINISTRATIVELY DISSOLVED IN 1992, AND FAIL ED TO COMPLY WITH THE UAO. THE PROPOSED DEFENDANT IS M.A. J ABBAR MALIK, THE FORMER PRESIDENT AND SOLE SHAREHOLDER OF MR M INDUSTRIES, INC. MALIK WAS THE PRESIDENT AND SOLE SHAREHO LDER OF MRM INDUSTRIES, INC. IN THIS POSITION, HE EXERCISED SUBSTANTIAL CONTROL OVER THE OPERATION OF MRM AND IS THEREF ORE LIABLE UNDER SECTION 107(A) AS THE OPERATOR AT THE TIME OF DISPOSAL.