COST RECOVERY ACTION UNDER SECTION 107B OF CERCLA, 42 USC, 9607, AS AMENDED BY SARA, 100 STAT, 9613 (1086), TO RECOVER $842,929. FROM RESPONSIBLE PARTIES AT NORTHWEST TRANSFORMER SALVAGE YARD IN EVERSON, WA FOR A CERCLA SECTION 104 REMOVAL ACTION TO CLEANUP HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES FROM THE NORTHWEST TRANSFORMER SUPERFUND SITE. ON 4/4/85 A CERCLA IMMEDIATE REMOVAL ACTION WAS INITIATED BY THE REGION 10 EPA AT THE NORTHWEST SALVAGE YARD NEAR EVERSON, WA. ON 10/15/84 THE AGENCY PROPOSED PLACEMENT OF SITE ON NPL LIST. PLACEMENT WAS FINALIZED 6/10/86. PURPOSE OF REMOVAL ACTION WAS TO REDUCE THE HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARDS PRESENTED BY HIGH LEVELS OF PCB AND ORGANIC SOLVENTS FOUND TO BE PRESENT IN SOIL DURING A 3/85 SITE ASSESSMENT CONDUCTED BY REGION 10 FIELD INVESTIGATION TEAM. 30 PCB-CONTAMINATED TRANSFORMERS WERE FOUND ON SITE AND PCB CONCENTRATIONS IN SOIL RANGED AS HIGH AS 38,000 PPM. SITE WAS UNSECURED AT THE TIME OF INITIAL INVESTIGA- TION AND POTENTIAL EXISTED FOR DIRECT CONTACT WITH CONTAMIN- ATED SOIL, LIQUID AND DEBRIS DURING UNAUTHORIZED SITE ENTRY. THIS THREAT WAS COMPOUNDED BY THE POSSIBLE PRESENCE OF DIOXIN AND FURAN CONTAMINATION IN THE AREA OF THE FORMER AIR CURTAIN INCINERATOR ON THE SITE. ON 3/29/85 EPA ISSUED A CERCLA 106 ORDER TO THE SITE OPERATOR REQUIRING A WRITTEN VERBAL REPLY BY 1600 HOURS ON 4/1/85. THE 106 ORDER REQUIRED THE SI