THE ROSE TOWNSHIP DUMP SITE, APPROX. 110 ACRES IN SIZE, IS LOCATED IN RURAL ROSE TOWNSHIP, OAKLAND COUNTY, MI. THE PRO PERTY OWNERS, BOTH NOW AND DURING WASTE DISPOSAL ACTIVITIES, ARE LEONARD AND GERTRUDE DORSEY. DURING THE TIME THAT WASTE DISPOSAL ACTIVITIES OCCURRED, IT APPRARS THAT LEONARD AND GERTRUDE DORSEY WERRE PAID BY THE WASTE HAULERS TO ALLOW WASTE TO BE DISPOSED ON THEIR PROPERTY. THE PRIMARY WASTE HAULER TO THE ROSE TOWNSHIP SITE WAS TUCKER FORD, NOW DECEASED. TUCKER FORD HIRED A NUMBER OF TRUCK DRIVERS TO HAUL WASTES TO THE SITE, INCLUDING A MAN NAMED FREDDIE BUTLER. WASTE DISPOSAL OPERATIONS TOOK PLACE AT THE SITE FROM APPROX. 1966 TO 1968. DURING THIS TIME, AN UNKNOWN NUMBER OF DRUMS OF WASTES WHICH INCLIDED SOLVENTS, PAINT SLUDGES, AND PCBS WERE BURIED IN A 12 ACRE PORTION OF THE SITE. BULK WASTES WERE ALSO DISCHARDED TO THE SURFACE OR INTO SHALLOW LAGOONS OR PITS IN THE AREA. THE OAKLAND COUNTY HELATHE DEPARTMENT (OCHD) WAS NOTIFIED OF ILLIGAL DUMPING AT THE SITE IN 1968. OCHD NOTIFIED THE MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES (MDNR) OF THE EXIST ENCE OF THE SITE IN APRIL OF 1969. MDNR SURVEYED THE AREA AND IDENTIFIED APPROX. 1,500 DRUMS ON THE SITE. ALTHOUGH SOME OF THE DRUMS WERE BURIED, MOST OF THE DRUMS HAD BEEN LEFT ON THE SURFACE. A MAJORITY OF THE DRUMS WERE EITHER LEAKING OR WERE BULGING DUE TO EXPANSI