THE HOULT ROAD SITE IS A 10-12 ACRE SALVAGE FACILITY OWN- ED BY BIG JOHN'S SALVAGE INC. IN FAIRMONT, WV. SHARON STEEL CORP. OWNS NEARBY PROPERTY CONTAMINATED VIA OFFSITE MIGRA- TION. FROM 1932 TO EARLY 1973, REILLY TAR & CHEMICAL CORP OPER- ATED A COAL TAR REFINERY AT THE FACILITY. IT PURCHASED ITS RAW MATERIAL FROM SHARON STEEL CO PLANT LOCATED NEARBY. WASTES FROM THE COAL TAR OPERATION WERE DISPOSED OF ONSITE. REILLY TAR SOLD THE PROPERTY IN 1973 TO BIG JOHN'S SALVAGE. SINCE THAT TIME, BIG JOHN'S HAS OPERATED A METAL, GLASS & OIL SALVAGING BUSINESS AT THE FACILITY. BIG JOHN'S TRANS- PORTED SRAP FLUORESCENT LIGHTBULBS & DRUMS CONTAINING HAZ- ARDOUS WASTES FROM THE NEARBY WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC CORP PLANT TO THE FACILITY. EMPLOYEES REPORTEDLY EMPTIED THE DRUMS' CONTENTS INTO HOLDING TANKS AT THE FACILITY. THEY CRUSHED THE EMPTY DRUMS & TOOK THEM TO ANOTHER BIG JOHN'S FACILITY. THEY PILED THE CRUSHED GLASS, ON AN UNLINED EARTH- EN SURFACE ON SITE.BIG JOHN WASHED THE GLASS & SOLD IT. ADDITIONALLY, AN OIL/WATER SEPARATOR INSTALLED AT THE FACIL- ITY BY REILLY TAR CONTINUED TO DISCHARGE INTO THE TRIBUTARY DURING BIG JOHN'S OWNERSHIP. SUBSTANCES TRANSPORTED TO THE SITE FROM WESTINGHOUSE IN 1980 & 1981 INCLUDED PETROLEUM DISTILLATES, XYLENE, TURPEN- TINE & SOLVENTS. SOME WERE CONTAMINATED W/MERCURY. DIS- CHARGES FROM THE OIL/WATER SEPARATOR IN