THIS IS A REFERRAL FOR RECOUPMENT OF APPROXIMATELY $214,193.88 SPENT ON RESPONSE MEASURES UNDERTAKEN AT THE HARRISON COUNTY PCB SPELL SITE IN HARRISON COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA, IT IS A PRIVATE PROPERTY THAT WAS USED FOR THE ILLEGAL DISPOSAL OF ELECTRICAL TRANSFORMERS WHERE OIL WAS CONTAMINATED WITH PCB. ONE OF THE PROPOSED DEFENDENTS HELD AN AUCTION WHERE IT SOLD MINING EQUIPMENT; ANOTHER ONE OF THE RECOMMENDED DEFENDANTS ATTENDED THE AUCTION AND BOUGHT AMONG OTHER THINGS THE TRANSFORMERS FOUND AT THE SITE WHICH HE HAD SOLD TO A THIRD PARTY, ALSO INCLUDED AS RECOMMENDED DEFENDANTS. THE LIABILITY AGAINST THE ORIGINAL SALE IS BASED ON THE ALLEGATION THAT THE SALE WAS IN FACT AN ARRANGE MENT FOR DISPOSAL OF THE CONTAMINATED TRANSFORMERS.