THE GROUNDWATER CONTAMINATION SITE IS A 57 ACRES SITE ROUGHTLY 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF ORLANDO, FL. FROM 1963 TO THE PRESENT, THE SITE HAS BEEN CONTAMINATED WITH ORGANIC COMPOUNDS, METALS, AND PESTICIDES BY THE OPERATION OF SEVERAL INDUSTRIAL AND AGRICULTURAL MANUFACTURING AND PROCESSING FACILITIES. THESE FACILITIES INCLUDE, BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO THE DRUM SERVICE CO. OF FLORIDA (DSCF), SOUTHERN LIQUID FERTILIZER COMPANY, DOUGLASS FERTILIZER AND CHEMICAL COMPANY, NAPA PROPERTIES, AND ZELLWIN FARMS COMPANY, INC. THE DSCF PROPERTY CONTAINS AN ONGOING USING STEEL DRUM RECONDITIONING PLANT THAT COMMENCED OPERATION ROUGHLY 35 YEARS AGO. MILLIONS OF USED DRUMS CONTAINING VARIOUS AMOUNTS OF CERCLA HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES HAVE BEEN PROCESSED AT THE DSCF FACILITY AND HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THE SITE SOIL AND GROUNDWATER CONTAMINATION. DSCF'S DRUM RECONDITIONING PROCESS TREATED THE REMAINING RESIDUAL MATERIALS CONTAINED IN THE DRUMS THROUGH A CAUSTIC WASHING AND/OR INCINERATION PROCESS. BETWEEN THE EARLY 1970S AND THE EARLY 1980S, THE WASTE WATER FROM THIS PROCESS WAS SENT TO TWO UNLINED EVAPORATION AND PERCOLATION PONDS FOR TREATMENT OR DISPOSAL. ADDITIONAL SITE CONTAMINATION ORIGINATED FROM THE STORAGE AND DISPOSAL OF SEVERAL THOUSAND USED DRUMS IN THE ABANDONED DRUM AREA TO TEH NORTH OF TEH DSCF FACILITY ON PROPERTY OWNED BY NAPA, INC./NAPA PROPERTIES.