(SITE IS ON NPL LIST) IN THE US DIST COURT FOR THE N DIST OF IL, E DIV. USA VS. OUTBOARD MARINE CORP VS. MONSANTO CO. NO. 78 C 1004. OMC OWNS & OPERATES THE JOHNSON OUTBOARDS DIV FACILITY, WHICH MANUFACTURES OB MOTORS & THEIR COMPONENT PARTS IN WAUKEGAN, IL, WITHIN THE N DIST OF IL. FROM APPROX. 1959 UNTIL 1972, OMC EMPLOYED IN ITS JOHNSON OUTBOARDS FACILITY A HYDRAULIC FLUID COMPOSED OF VARYING PERCENTAGES OF PCB'S, TOXIC CHEM MIXTURES WHICH ARE HEAT & FLAME RESISTANT. LRG PORTIONS OF THE LEAKS & SPILLS INCIDENT TO THE USE OF THESE CHEMICALS IN A NON-ENCLOSED HYDRAULIC SYSTEM WERE ROUTED TO OMC'S WASTEWATER COLLECTION & DISCHARGE SYS. AS A RESULT, THE EFFLUENT DISCHARGED FROM OMC'S FACILITY CARRIED LRG AMTS OF PCB'S INTO NORTH DITCH, WAUKEGAN HARBOR, & LAKE MICHIGAN. FROM AT LEAST 1959 UNTIL AT LEAST 1972, MONSANTO MANUFACTURED & SOLD TO OMC FOR USE AT ITS WAUKEGAN FAC HYDRAULIC FLUIDS WHICH IT KNEW WERE COMPOSED OF VARYING PERCENTAGES OF PCB'S. BASED UPON INFO & BELIEF, MONSANTO WAS THE SOLE SOURCE OF ALL PCB-BEARING HYDRAULIC FLUIDS PRCHSED BY OMC FOR USE AT ITS WAUKEGAN, IL, FACILITY. DISCHARGE OF THESE LRG AMNTS OF PCB'S FROM AT LEAST 1959/PRESENT IN THE OMC WAUKEGAN FAC WASTE & STORM WATER EFFLUENT HAS RESULTED IN SEVERE CONTAM OF WATERS, BIOTA, & SED IN N DITCH, WAUKEGAN HARBOR, & LAKE MICHIGAN, AS WELL AS G