NATURE OF CASE THE DEFENDANT HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN A NUMBER OF SIMILAR OPERATIONS TO BUY PCB-CONTAMINATED OIL, BLEND THE OIL WITH PURE FUEL OIL, AND RESELL TO UNSUSPECTING CUSTOMERS. ON FEBRUARY 28, 1984, THE MINNESOTA POLLUTION CONTROL AGENCY SAMPLED TRUCKS OWNED BY KIMRO, WHICH SHOWED PCB CONTAMINA- TION AS HIGH AS 3300 PARTS PER MILLION. FRIEDMAN CONTIN- UES TO SELL OIL TO A NUMBER OF PARTIES, INCLUDING CAMP RIPLEY AND THE BECKER SCHOOL DISTRICT. WHEN INCINERATED IMPROPERLY, PCB'S WILL RESULT IN THE PRODUCTION OF DIOXIN AS ITS BYPRODUCT, AN EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS CHEMICAL GROUP WHICH CAN VAPORIZE INTO THE AIR. FRIEDMAN, DOING BUSINESS AS KIMRO, INC., CONTINUES TO BLEND PCB-CONTAMINATED OIL WITH PURE OIL AND TO SELL IT AS FUEL OIL. THE SITUATION IS URGENT BECAUSE OF THE HAZARDOUS NA- TURE OF THE SUBSTANCE INVOLVED, AND THE FACT THAT THE CON- CENTRATION OF PCB'S COULD BE VERY HIGH IN THE WASTE OIL WHICH FRIEDMAN IS OBTAINING. THE OFFICE OF REGIONAL COUNSEL FIRST LEARNED OF THIS ACTIVITY ON MARCH 28, 1984, AND SINCE THAT TIME, HAS MOVED E XPEDITIOUSLY TO INVESTIGATE AND HALT ANY VIOLATIONS OF TSCA. A NUMBER OF SAMPLES OF OIL HAVE SINCE BEEN TAKEN BY THE U.S. EPA FOR WHICH ANALYSES ARE NOT YET COMPLETE. ON MARCH 26, 1984, DR. SHELDON SIMON TELEPHONED FRIEDMA N AND INFORMED HIM OF THE TSCA VIOLATI