KIN-BUC, INC - EDISON, NJ, FILED 2/7/79, CIVIL ACTION #79-514, US DIST CT OF NJ, MORE THAN 70 MIL GAL OF CHEM WSTES WERE DISPOSED OF AT THE KIN-BUC LANDFILL FROM 1/73- 12/76. COMPLAINT ALLEGES THAT IMPROPER DISPOSAL OF LIQUID & SOLID HAZARDOUS WSTES HAS RESULTED IN CONTAMINATED GRNDWTR & SURFACE WTRS. THE 220 ACRE LANDFILL IS ADJACENT TO THE RARITAN RIVER & IS TRAVERSED BY 2 OF ITS TRIBUTARIES. IT IS IN DIRECT HYDRAULIC CONTACT W/ 2 OF THE MOST IMPORTANT AQUIFERS IN THE REGION, IN AN AREA THAT THE ARMY CORPS OF ENGRS CHARACTERIZES AS 1 OF A CRITICAL WTR SHORTAGE. THE COMPLAINT ALLEGES THAT DEFENDANT DISPOSED OF LIQUID CHEM WSTES INTO POOLS, TRENCHES, & DITCHES DUG INTO THE GRND, OR DUMPED THEM ON TOP OF MOUNDS OF SOLID WSTES ALLOWING FOR INFILTRATION & PERCOLATION. FEW MEASURES WERE TAKEN TO CONTAIN THE WSTES & PREVENT PERCOLATION INTO GRNDWTR OR NEARBY SURFACE WATERS. THE GOV'T SUIT SEEKS IMMEDIATE & LONG TERM RELIEF, AS WELL AS PENALTIES UNDER THE CLEAN WATER ACT & DAMAGES UNDER THE COMMON LAW OF NUISANCE. PARTIAL SETTLEMNT OF SUIT WAS REACHED ON JAN 30, 1980. THE AGREEMNT REQUIRES THAT KIN-BUC, INC., THE CORPORATE OWNER & OPERATOR OF THE SITE, CONSTRUCT A COVER OVER A MOUND OF BURIED REFUSE TO PREVENT RAINWTR INFILTRATION OF THE MOUND & FURTHER CONTAMINATION OF UNDERLYING GRNDWTR. A SYS TO CHANNEL THE RAINWTR INTO THE