REFERRAL FOR 107(A) COST RECOVERY. EPA PERFORMED REMOVAL OF 3,000 DRUMS, 27 ASTS, 2 LAB AREAS, AND ASBESTOS AT TEXTILE MANUFACTURING FACILITY. WHEN FACILITY WENT BANKRUPT, NATIONSBANK PERFORMED LIQUIDATION OF ASSETS RELEASING ASBESTOS AND CAUSING DISPOSAL OF DRUMS OF CHEMICALS AND DYES. EPA SPENT $1.2 MILLIONS DOLLARS IN COSTS. AFTER BANK'S LIQUIDATION, THE AIKEN COUNTY FORFEITED LANDS COMMISSION PREVENTED A VOLUNTARY REMOVAL AND CAUSED THE RELEASE OF ASBESTOS AND OTHER CHEMICALS. THE LAST OPERATOR OF THE SITE, BOBBY NEAL, DUMPS CONTAINERS OF WASTE AT THE SITE.