THE STAUFFER CHEMICAL COMPANY, TARPON SPRINGS SITE, CONSISTS OF AN OLD PHOSPHOROUS PRODUCTION FACILITY WHICH CEASED OPERATING IN 1981. DURING THE YEARS OF OPERATION, A NUMBER OF ORE CHEMICAL PROCESSING WASTES WERE DISPOSED OF IN SEVEN UNLINED LAGOONS AND A POND ON THE SITE. ADDITIONALLY, 900 DRUMS CONTAINING ELEMENTAL PHOSPHOROUS WERE BURIED ON SITE. THE SITE IS CURRENTLY OWNED BY ATKEMIX THIRTY-SEVEN, A SUBSIDIARY OF THE STAUFFER OF ICI AMERICAN HOLDINGS. THE SITE WAS PROPOSED FOR INCLUSION ON THE NPL IN FEBRUARY 1992. PREVIOUS ORDER ALSO ISSUED 92-27-C.