PROTECCION TECHNICA ECOLOGICA, INC. ( PROTECO ), PREVIOUSLY KNOWN AS RESOURCE MANAGEMENT, INC., AND BEFORE THAT AS SERVICIOS CARBAREON, INC., IS CURRENTLY THE ONLY OPERATING COMMERCIAL HAZARDOUS WASTE LAND DISPOSAL FACILITY IN P.R. THE FACILITY WAS INSPECTED BY A GOVERNMENT TASK FORCE COMPRISED OF REPRESENTATIVES OF EPA REGION II, EPA HQ, AND THE COMMONWEALTH OF PREQB, IN MID-NOVEMBER, 1985. THIS TWO WEEK INSPECTION REVEALED A MULTITUDE OF RCRA INTERIM STATUS VIOLATIONS AS WELL AS VIOLATIONS OF COMMONWEALTH REGULATIONS FOR THE CONTROL OF HAZARDOUS AND NON-HAZARDOUS SOLID WASTES, THE MORE SERIOUS INCLUDING VIOLATIONS OF PREVIOUS EQB AND EPA ORDERS; MISMANAGEMENT OF INCOMPATIBLE HAZARDOUS WASTES; AISLE SPACE VIOLATIONS; NON-USE OF THE MANIFEST SYSTEM; GROUNDWATER MONITORING REQUIREMENT VIOLATIONS; UNSAFE CONTAINERS; AND UNLAWFUL DUMPING OF LIQUID HAZARDOUS WASTES INTO THE LANDFILL. COMPANIA GANADERA DEL SUR, INC. IS ALSO A NAMED DEFENDANT BECAUSE IT IS THE OWNER AND LESSOR OF THE PROPERTY AND HAS BEEN NOTIFIED BY EPA OF THE SEVERITY OF THE VIOLATIONS OCCURRING ON ITS PROPERTY. THE PROTECO FACILITY IS A 35 ACRE TREATMENT, STORAGE AND DISPOSAL FACILITY LOCATED WITHIN THE CITY OF PENUELAS, PR. IT HAS BEEN OPERATIONAL SINCE APRIL 1975. IT ACCEPTS A WIDE RANGE OF HAZARDOUS WASTES. PRIMARILY, THE WASTES ARE RECEIVED IN LIQUID FORM. HOWEVER, IT ALSO TREATS, STORES AND DISPOSES OF SLUDGES AND SLURRIES. THE REGULATORY HISTORY OF THIS FACILITY EXTENDS BACK TO 1980, WHEN TH