STEVE MARTELL; IRVIN CLARK, ET AL. (9TH AVE. SITE) - GARY, IN. DEFENDANT STEVE MARTELL OPERATED A WASTE DUMP AT W. 9TH AVE. (THE 9TH AVE. SITE) IN GARY, IN. BETWEEN 1970 & 1976. THE 9TH AVE. SITE IS A 20 ACRE PARCEL OF LOW LYING LAND LOCATED IN A LT. IND. AREA OF GARY. THERE ARE MARSHY AREAS ON THE EASTERN & SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE SITE. THE AREA SURROUNDING THE SITE IS USED FOR BOTH IND & RES. PURPOSES. THE DANGER PRESENTED BY THE SITE WAS EMPHASIZED BY EVIDENCE THAT UNKNOWN PERSONS HAVE FIRED WEAPONS AT THE DRUMS & THAT NEIGHBORHOOD CHILDREN HAVE PLAYED ON THE SITE. 17 ACRES OF THE SITE WERE ORIGINALLY OWNED BY CERTAIN MEMBERS OF THE CLARK FAMILY, NAMED DEFENDANTS IN THIS ACTION. IN 1978, A 10 ACRE PARCEL WAS TRANSFERRED TO STEVE MARTELL & THE DEED TO THE PROPERTY WAS RECORDED. THE CLARKS RETAIN OWNERSHIP OF THE REMAINING 7 ACRES. DRUMS ARE SCATTERED ABOUT THE PROPERTY, & THE MAJORITY ARE IN A DETERIORATED CONDITION. SOME ARE PUNCTURED & LEAKING. A NUMBER OF DRUMS ARE BE- LIEVED TO BE BURIED UNDERGROUND. IN ADDITION, SEVERAL TANK TRUCKS ARE AT THE SITE. POOLS OF LIQUID WASTES HAVE BEEN OBSERVED ON THE GROUND IN VARIOUS LOCATIONS, & LEACHATE WAS OBSERVED SEEPING FROM A TRASH PILE. POWDERY WASTE CHEM RESIDUES ARE ALLEGED TO BE BURIED UNDERGROUND IN CERTAIN AREAS. SEVERAL AREAS APPEAR TO HAVE CAUGHT FIRE, OR HAVE BEEN SET O