THE SITE WAS OPERATED BY DAVID BOWLING AS BOWLING INDUSTRIES, INC., AN ELECTROPLATING COMPANY LOCATED ON BRASHIER'S CHAPEL ROAD IN A RURAL AREA OF MARSHALL COUNTY, ALABAMA NEAR THE TOWN OF ARAB. LARGE QUANTITIES OF HAZAR- DOUS WASTE GENERATED DURING ELECTROPLATING OPERATIONS HAVE BEEN ABANDONED AT THIS BANKRUPT FACILITY. WASTE PROCESS MATERIAL WAS STORED IN SUCH A MANNER THAT A RELEASE OF HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES TO THE ENVIRONMENT HAD OCCURRED WHEN EPA REGION IV WAS NOTIFIED.