THE OLD SPRINGFIELD LANDFILL WAS USED BY THE TOWN OF SPRINGFIELD FOR THE DISPOSAL OF HAZARDOUS AND MUNICIPAL WASTES BETWEEN 1947 AND 1968. HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE DISPOSED OF IN BULK LIQUID OR SEMI-LIQUID FORM AND WERE CO-DISPOSED WITH MUNICIPAL AND INDUSTRIAL SOLID WASTE. AFTER THE MID-1960'S, HAZARDOUS LIQUID WASTE WAS DISPOSED OF IN SEPERATE TRENCHES AND PITS. MUCH OF THE HAZARDOUS MATERIAL ORIGINIATED FROM THE LOCAL MACHINE TOOL AND PLATING INDUSTRIES. THE TOWN OF SPRINGFIELD CEASED OPERATIONS AT THE SITE IN 1968 FOLLOWING THE PURCHASE OF THE PROPERTY BY ITS PRESENT OWNER. THE STATE OF VERMONT BEGAN INVESTIGATING CONTAMINATION AT THE SITE IN THE EARLY 1970'S AFTER NEARBY RESIDENTIAL DRINKING WATER WELLS WERE FOUND TO BE CONTAMINATED. IN 1982, THE STATE ASKED EPA TO REVIEW THE SITE FOR INCLUSION ON THE NPL. EPA HAS UNDERTAKEN SUBSTANTIAL INVESTIGATION OF THE SITE AND HAS IDENTIFIED THREE (3) MAJOR WASTE DISPOSAL AREAS. THESE ARE AREAS WHERE DRILLING IDENTIFIED BURIED WASTE. ANALYSIS OF SOIL AND WASTE SAMPLES REVEALED HIGH LEVELS OF ORGANIC CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION. PAHS, CAHS, PCBS, MAHS ARE THE CLASSES OF COMPOUNDS FOUND AT THE SITE. GROUNDWATER CONTAMINATION AT THE SITE CONSISTS PRIMARILY OF TCE, PCE, TCA, VINYL CHLORIDE, TOULENE AND XYLENES. ON JANUARY 6, 1984, APRIL 17, 1987 AND MAY 14, 1987, EPA NOTIFIED APPROXIMATELY NINE PARTIES