THIS CERCLA 107(A) COST RECOVERY ACTION IS BEING BROUGHT AGAINST THE PRESENT OWNERS, PAST OPERATORS, AND A GENERATOR WHICH ARRANGED FOR DISPOSAL AT THE IRON MILL ROAD DRUM SITE IN CECIL COUNTY, MARYLAND. THE THREE-ACRE SITE WAS LEASED FOR LIGHT-INDUSTRIAL USE AND WAS USED BY AT LEAST ONE CHEMI- CAL COMPANY TO PRODUCE CHEMICAL MIXTURES AND PERFORM DISTILLATIONS. ANOTHER COMPANY MANUFACTURED (PLASTIC) MANHOLE COVER INSERTS AT THE SITE. THE SITE IS PRESENTLY OW NED BY B & G ASSOCIATES, A PARTNERSHIP COMPRISED OF BENJAMIN CHAMPAGNA AND EUGENE TNOND, JR. NOTH OF WHOM WERE OFFICERS, AND DIRECTORS AT OTHER ENTITIES WHICH PREVIOUSLY OWNED THE SITE.