NATURE OF CASE/CAUSE OF ACTION PACIFIC HIDE & FUR DEPOT, INC. D/B/A PACIFIC STEEL HIDE RECYCLING CO. IS A MONTANA CORPORATION DOING BUSINESS IN IDAHO. FROM ABOUT AUGUST 1979 TO PRESENT, PACIFIC HAS OPERATED A RECYCLING & SCRAP BUSINESS ON A SITE OF ABOUT 17 ACRES ABOUT 1 MI W OF POCATELLO ON HWY 30 W. DURING THE COURSE OF OPERATING THE BUSINESS, NUMEROUS CAPACITATORS CONTAINING PCB'S WERE RECEIVED, CUT UP AND SOLD FOR SCRAP VALUE. IN MARCH 1983 FEDERAL AGENTS FOUND APPROXIMATELY 550 BURIED OR CONCEALED PCB CAPICATATORS AND APPROXIMATELY 100 CUBIC YARDS OF SOIL CONTAMINATED WITH PCB'S. MARCH 4, 1983 EPA ORDERED PACIFIC TO UNDERTAKE EMERGENCY RESPONSE TO REMEDY THE HAZARDOUS SITUATION CAUSED BY THE RELEASE AND THREATENED RELEASE OF PCB'S INTO THE ENVIRON- MENT. PACIFIC DID NOT RESPOND. EPA BEGAN CLEAN-UP MARCH 7, 1983 UNDER CERCLA, FULLY FUNDED FROM THE HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE RESPONSE TRUST FUND. A PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION WAS GRANTED REQUIRING DEFENDANTS TO COOPERATE IN THE CLEAN-UP AND TO PROVIDE REQUESTED INFORMATION. THIS CIVIL ACTION IS INSTITUTED PURSUANT TO SEC 7 & 17 OF TSCA, 15 USC, 2606 & 2616 FOR INJUNCTIVE RELIEF TO ABATE AND REMEDY VIOLATIONS OF TSCA; PURSUANT TO SEC 106 OF CERCLA, 42 USC, 9606 FOR INJUNCTIVE