THIS PROPOSED COST RECOVERY SUIT AGAINST BEN AND FRANCES KALIK, CONSOLIDATION COAL COMPANY, DRAVO CORPORATION, DU- QUESNE LIGHT COMPANY, LURIA BROTHERS, M. HARTMAN COMPANY,AND WESTINGHOUSE CORPORATION ARISES OUT OF A REMOVAL ACTION, WHICH COMMENCED IN MAY 1984 AND ENDED IN AUGUST 1986. EPA'S TSCA INSPECTOR DISCOVERED IMPROPERLY STORED AND MARKED BAR- RELS OF PCB-CONTAMINATED OIL IN 1980. FURTHER INVESTIGATION SHOWED WIDESPREAD SOIL CONTAMINATION BY PCBS AND DIOXIN CON- TAMINATION IN THE INCINERATOR BUILDING ON-SITE. PCB CONTAM- INATION WAS ALSO DISCOVERED ON SURROUNDING PROPERTIES. ALL CONTAMINATED SOIL WAS REMOVED, AND ALL DIOXIN-COMTAMINATED MATERIAL IS STORED ON-SITE IN A FORMER GARAGE BUILDING PEN- DING A DECISION ABOUT PERMANENT STORAGE OR TREATMENT OF DIO- XIN WASTES. TOTAL RESPONSE COSTS ARE ABOUT $2.7 MILLION. A 1980 TSCA INSPECTION REVEALED IMPROPERLY STORED AND MARKED BARRELS OF PCB-CONTAMINATED OIL, FOR WHICH THE SITE OPERATOR, BEN KALIK, WAS CITED AND FINED. UPON FURTHER IN- VESTIGATION, EPA DISCOVERED HIGH LEVELS OF PCB AND DIOXIN CONTAMINATION ON-SITE, AND THE FACILTIY WAS REFERRED BY THE TOXICS AND PESTICIDES BRANCH TO THE HAZARDOUS WASTE BRANCH TO CONSIDER A REMOVAL OPERATION. THE REMOVAL STARTED IN MAY 1984, AND ENDED IN AUGUST 1986 WITH THE SUCCESSFUL RE- MOVAL OF ALL CONTAMINATED SOIL, AND THE CONTAINMENT OF ALL DIOXIN WASTES IN A BUILDING ON-SITE. DEMAND LETTERS WERE SENT ON FEBRUARY