STORAGE, TRTMNT, & DISPOSAL OF SOLID & HAZD WASTES HAS BEEN OCCURING AT THE DEFENDANTS' SITES ON BLUFF RD. NEAR COLUMBIA, S.C. SINCE 1974. THE SUIT ALLEGES THAT THE ACTIVITIES OF THE DEFENDANTS HAVE CONTAMINATED SOIL & PRESENT A DANGER OF GROUNDWATER CONTAMINATION, & OF EXPLOSION & FIRE. DEF. OSCAR SEIDENBERG OWNS THE BLUFF RD. SITE. SOUTH CAROLINA RECYCLING AND DISPOSAL, INC. (SCRDI) & CO-DEF. COLUMBIA ORGANIC CHEMICAL COMPANY (COCC) LEASE THE PROPERTY FOR THEIR OPERATIONS. A JAN. 11, 1980 ORDER OF THE STATE CIRCUIT COURT ORDERED REMOVAL OF ALL WASTES FROM ANOTHER SITE OPERATED BY DEF. SCRDI BY MAY 18, 1980, ALLOWING FOR TEMP. STORAGE AT BLUFF RD. A RECEIVER WAS APPOINTED AFTER THE DEF. FAILED TO COMPLY WITH THE ORDER & WAS FOUND IN CONTEMPT OF COURT. SCRDI MAINTAINED A STORAGE AREA & WAREHOUSE AT THE BLUFF RD. SITE. THE CO. OPERATED ON THE PROPERTY FOR APPROX. 6 YRS. CONTAINERS OF WASTES WERE DELIVERED BY TRUCKS OWNED MOSTLY BY THE DEF. & STORED UNTIL THEIR CONTENTS ARE SOLD OR TRANSPORTED FOR RECYCLING OR DISPOSAL. COCC IS A CHEM MANUFACTURER & HAS USED THE BLUFF RD. SITE FOR CHEM STORAGE SINCE 1974. PRIOR TO 1977, SCRDI WAS A DIV. OF COCC. SOME OF THE WASTES ARE IN THE WAREHOUSE THOUGH MOST ARE CONTAINED IN THE APPROX. 6000 DRUMS IN VARIOUS STATES OF DISREPAIR. ACCORDING TO THE COMPLAINT NONE OF THE DRUMS ARE ON PALLETS, MANY ARE LEAKI