THE YORK OIL SITE, IN MOIRA, NY, IS THE LOCATION OF AN INACTIVE WASTE OIL RECYCLING FACILITY. INVESTIGATION OF THE SITE HAS REVEALED THAT SIG AMOUNTS OF OIL & PCB'S HAVE BEEN RELEASED ONTO THE SITE AND INTO THE SURROUNDING AREA, INCLUDING ADJACENT WETLANDS. THE YORK OIL CO. OPERATED THE FACILITY FROM THE 1950'S TO THE MID-1970'S. THIS OPERATION WAS ALSO KNOWN AS THE PEIRCE OIL CO. WASTE CRANKCASE AND INDUSTRIAL OILS WERE COLLECTED AND STORED AT THE FACILITY IN LAGOONS & TANKS. THE CO. WAS INVOLUNTARILY DISSOLVED ON JULY 7, 1980. IN APRIL 1979, THE NY STATE DPT OF TRANSPORTATION (NYDOT) DISCOVERED THAT OIL HAD LEACHED FROM THE LAGOONS INTO WETLANDS BELOW THE SITE. ON OR ABOUT 2/21/80, PEIRCE SOLD THE SITE TO TWO RESIDENTS OF MOIRA. IN MARCH 1980, SEVERAL OIL TANKS WERE CUT UP FOR SCRAP METAL AND THE OIL AND SLUDGE WERE RELEASED ONTO THE GROUND AND TOWARDS THE WETLANDS. IN APRIL 1980, REPRESENTATIVES OF NYDOT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION TOOK OIL SAMPLES FOR PCB ANALYSIS WHICH REVEALED LEVELS OF PCB'S AS HIGH AS 342 PARTS PER MILL. (PPM). IN 1980 & 1981, 2 SEPARATE REMOVAL ACTIONS WERE UNDERTAKEN BY THE AGENCY TO MINIMIZE THE MIGRATION OF PCB'S FROM THE SITE. THE 1ST ACTION BEGAN IN SEPT 1980, LASTING UNTIL ABOUT DEC. 1981. THOSE TWO ACTIONS INCLUDED: PARTIAL CLEANUP OF THE WETLANDS AREA, PUMPING OF OIL FROM THE LAGOONS INTO TANKS, SITE GRADING AND ON-SITE DISPOSAL OF CONTAMINATED MATERIALS. IN JULY 1982 THE YORK OIL SITE WAS ADDED TO THE INTERIM PRIORITY SITE