FIKE CHEMICALS, INC. MANUFACTURES ORGANIC & INORGANIC CHEMICALS, PLASTIC & RUBBER CHEMICALS, PESTICIDES, & AGRI- CULTURAL CHEMICALS IN NITRO, WV. COOPERATIVE SEWAGE TREAT- MENT, INC. (C.S.T.), ALSO IN NITRO, IS AN INDUSTRIAL SEWER- AGE TREATMENT SYSTEM THAT RECEIVES WASTE STEAMS FROM FIKE. C.S.T. IS A WHOLLY OWNED SUBSIDIARY OF FIKE. FIKE ALSO MAKES ALL PURCHASING DECISIONS FOR C.S.T. THE FACILITIES ARE NOT CONTIGUOUS, BUT ARE LINKED BY PIPE LINES. BOTH DEFS RECIEVED A LETTER ON 3/14/86 FROM EPA NOTIFYING THEM THAT INTERIM STATUS FOR THE TREATMENT & STORAGE OF HAZ- ARDOUS WASTE UNDER RCRA HAD TERMINATED AT THEIR FACILITIES BECAUSE OF THEIR INCOMPLETE PART B APPLICATION & FAILURE TO COMPLY W/RCRA'S GROUNDWATER & FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY RE- QUIREMENTS. IN MID-MAY, 1986, A NEW YORK BASED COMPANY, ATO- MERGIC CHEMETALS, INC. ATOMERGIC PURCHASED A CONTROLLING STOCK INTEREST IN FIKE WHICH ALSO RESULTED IN ITS GAINING TOTAL CONTROL OF C.S.T. BECAUSE OF THE PARENT/SUBSIDIARY RE- LATIONSHIP OF THE 2 COMPANIES. DEFS' VIOLATIONS FALL INTO 3 BOARD CATEGORIES.THESE ARE: VIOLATIONS OF A 1982 CD INCORPORATING RCRA & CWA COUNTS; RCRA INTERIM STATUS VIOLATIONS SUBSEQUENT TO THE ENTRY OF THE CD; & CWA NPDES PERMIT VIOLATIONS. THE CD WAS ENTERED IN THE U.S. DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF WV TO ADDRESS RCRA & CWA VIOLATIONS. BOTH DEFS ARE PARTIES TO THE CD. THE VI