GULF COAST LEAD, TAMPA, FL, FILED CASE, THE FACILITY IS A SECONDARY SMELTER WHICH RECOVERS LEAD FROM OLD BATTERIES & IS LOCATED ON APPROX 4 ACRES OF LAND IN TAMPA, FL. AS A RESULT OF OPERATION, GRNDWTR ON & OFF-SITE HAS BEEN FOUND TO CONTAIN ELEVATED CONCENTRAT'NS OF LEAD & GREATLY LOWERED PH LEVELS (HIGHLY ACIDIC). ON OCT 9, 1980, A COMPLAINT WAS FILED UNDER SEC 7003 OF RCRA AGAINST GCL ALONG W/ A C.D. PURSUANT TO THE TERMS OF THE DECREE GCL HAS SUBMITTED FOR REVIEW BY EPA A REMEDIAL PLAN FOR CONTAINING & ISOLATING THE CONTAMINAT'N ON-SITE. IN OUR RESPONSE TO GCL WE HAVE RECENTLY INDICATED THAT THE PLAN IS INCOMPLETE AS TO DEFINITIVE ENGINEERING DESIGNS FOR OBTAINING CLN-UP AS WELL AS PROVIDING AN ADEQUATE PERFORMANCE STANDARD.