THIS ACTION SEEKS COST RECOVERY AND DECLARATORY RELIEF FOR FUTURE REMEDIAL ACTION AND/OR OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE AT THE CASAMLIA RESOURCES FORMER CLASS I DISPOSAL SITE. THE PROPOSED DEFENDANTS ARE: KENNETH H. HUNTER JR., A CURRENT AND PAST OPERATOR OF THE SITE IN HIS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY, AND AS THE GENERAL PARTNER OF HUNTER RESOURCES AND ITS PREDECESSORS; HUNTER RESOURCES, A CALIFORNIA CORPORATION, AND THE CURRENT AND PAST OPERATOR OF THE SITE; AND CASMALIA RESOURCES, A LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, AND THE CURRENT AND PAST OWNER OF THE SITE. HUNTER RESOURCES IS ALSO A GENERATOR AT THE SITE. ON AUGUST 28, 1991, DOJ FILED A COMPLAINT AGAINST THESE ENTITIES FOR RCRA PENALTIES AND INJUNCTIVE RELIEF AT THE SITE FOR NUMEROUS RCRA VIOLATIONS. THAT CASE WAS PLACED ON INACTIVE STATUS AND ULTIMATELY DISMISSED IN FAVOR OF THIS COST RECOVERY ACTION. THE FACILITY IS NO LONGER OPERATING AND ESSENTIALLY HAS BECOME AN ABANDONED SITE. EPA COMMENCED REMOVAL ACTION TO CONTAIN NUMEROUS ON-SITE WASTE IN 1992, AND IN 1997 ENTERED INTO A CONSENT DECREE WITH APPROXIMATELY SIXTY GENERATORS AT THE SITE TO CONTINUE EPA'S REMOVAL ACTIONS AND TO COMMENCE RI/FS AND EE/CA INVESTIGATIONS. THE COST RECOVERY ACTION AGAINST THE OWNERS AND OPERATORS OF THE SITE IS AN IMPORTANT FACET OF EPA'S OVERALL COST RECOVERY AND F