CHEMICAL RECOVERY SYSTEMS, INC. - ELYRIA, OH. CHEMICAL RECOVERY SYSTEMS, INC. (CRS) IS AN OHIO FIRM INCORPORATED TO STORE, TREAT, PROCESS & DISPOSE OF HAZD WSTES. ACCORDING TO COMPLAINT, OPERATIONS AT DEFENDANT'S LOCUST ST. SITE HAVE CONTAMINATED & POSE A CONTINUED THREAT OF CONTAMINATION TO THE BLACK RIVER, & HAVE POLLUTED SOIL AT THE SITE. THE 4 ACRE FACILITY IS 2 1/2 BLOCKS FROM DOWNTOWN ELYRIA, A CITY WITH A POPULATION OF 50,000, & IS BORDERED BY THE BLACK RIVER ON THE N & W. STORM WATER RUNOFF FROM THE SURROUNDING AREA DRAINS THROUGH THE SITE & ENTERS THE RIVER. SEVERAL ON-SITE DITCHES COLLECT RUNOFF & ALSO DRAIN INTO THE RIVER. SOIL UNDERLYING THE SITE IS POROUS & HAS A LOW STORAGE CA- PACITY ALLOWING LIQUIDS TO DRAIN THROUGH RAPIDLY. FROM 1974 TO THE PRESENT, CRS OPERATED A SOLVENTS RECOVERY FACILITY & STORAGE YARD FOR WASTE SOLVENTS AT THE SITE. THE CO. OWNS 2 SOLVENTS RECOVERY STILLS, ONE OF WHICH IS INOPERATIVE, THAT ARE LOCATED INSIDE TWO BUILDINGS ON THE PROPERTY. THE STILLS HAVE A PROCESS CAPACITY OF 200 TO 300 GALLONS/HOUR. THE INOPERATIVE STILL IS OBSOLETE, POORLY MAINTAINED, & POSES A FIRE HAZD. THE 2ND STILL IS A FIRE RISK IF OPERATED, & REQUIRES SUBSTANTIAL REPAIRS. APPROX. 800 55-GAL DRUMS OF LIQUID ORG WASTES ARE ON-SITE. ANOTHER 3200 DRUMS ARE DETERIORATED & ARE LEAKING THEIR CONTENTS. SOME ARE STA