ON OR ABOUT MAY 8, 1986, EPA'S REGION IV EMERGENCY RES- PONSE SECTION RECEIVED NOTIFICATION FROM THE GEORGIA ENVIR- ONMENTAL PROTECTION DIVISION ABOUT THE EXISTENCE OF AN ILLEGAL CHEMICAL WASTE DUMP SITE IN WALKER COUNTY, GA. EPA LEARNED OF THE SITE'S EXISTENCE FROM THE GEORGIA STATE HIGHWAY PARTOL WHICH HAD RECEIVED AN ANONYMOUS TIP THAT DRUMS OF CHEMICALS ORIGINATING IN CLEVELAND, TN WERE BEING UNLOADED FROM HERTZ RENTAL TRUCKS AND STORED AND/OR DISPOSED AT THE SITE. ON MAY 8, 1986 EPD INSPECTED THE SITE AND OBSERVED APPROXIMATELY 1700-1800 30 AND 55 GALLON DRUMS OF UNKNOWN MATERIALS WHICH APPARENTLY HAD BEEN DUMPED AND ABANDONED. THE SITE IS LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 6 MILES EAST OF LAFAYETTE, GA. THE DRUMS HAD BEEN UNLOADED AND PLACED IN AND AROUND THE EAST SIDE OF AN OLD CHICKEN HOUSE WHICH IS SITUATED ON A HILL TOP APPROXIMATELY ONE-QUARTER MILE SOUTH OF NAOMI ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.