ALLIED PLATING IS AN ALUMINIUM PLATING SITE IN PORTLAND, OREGON. WASTEWATER FROM PLATING ACTIVITIES FORMED A POND ON SITE WHICH CONTAMINATED SURROUNDING SOIL AND GROUNDWATER. THE SITE WAS CLEANED UP WITH AN EPA FUND LEAD REMOVAL ACTION. THE CURRENT LEGAL ACTION IS TO RECOVER COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE REMOVAL ACTION. EPA DOES NOT EXPECT TO RECOVER ANY SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT FROM THE PRPS AND CURRENTLY HAS A LIEN ON THE PROPERTY, OWNED BY STANLEY HODES. ALLIED PLATING IS BANKRUPT BUT ITS FORMER PRESIDENT, ERNEST STIERLY, MAY BE ABLE TO CONTRIBUTE SOMETHING. EPA DOES NOT CURRENTLY KNOW MR. STIERLYS' WHEREABOUTS. THE ALLIED PLATING SITE IS LOCATED AT 8135 MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. BOULEVARD, PORTLAND, MULTNOMAH COUNTY, OREGON. THE SITE COVERS APPROXIMATELY 12 ACRES, AND CONTAINED THE BUILD- INGS WHICH FORMERLY HOUSED A PLATING OPERATION AND A WASTE DISPOSAL AREA APPROXIMATELY 3 ACRES IN SIZE. IN 1957, THE BUILDINGS WERE LEASED FOR THE OPERATION OF ALLIED PLATING, INC., A CHROME PLATING FACILITY WHICH OPERATED FROM THAT YEAR UNTIL 1984, WHEN THE COMPANY DECLARED BANKRUPTCY AND CEASED OPERATIONS. PRIOR TO 1969, WASTEWATER FROM THE FACILITY WAS DISCHARGED TO A SWALE LEADING TO THE COLUMBIA SLOUGH (AN OFF-SITE WATER BODY). AFTER 1969, LANDFILLING NORTH OF THE PROPERTY CUT OFF NATURAL DRAINAGE, AND AS A RESULT THE DISCHARGE OF LIQUID WASTES FROM THE PLATING FACILIT