DATE VIOLATION DETERMINED: 10/15/84 DATE DOCUMENTS RECEIVED BY ORC: 11/02/87 A. NATURE OIF THE CASE: THIS PROPOSED COST RECOVERY ACTION CONCERNS THE FELL SCRAP YARD SITE LOCATED IN THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON, INDIANA. THE ORIGINAL IMMEDIATE REMOVAL REQUEST AUTHORIZED IMMEDIATE RE- MOVAL ACTIONS AT FOUR SEPARATE SITES LOCATED IN BLOOMINGTON, ONE OF WHICH WAS THE FELL SCRAPYARD SITE. THE FOUR SITES WERE REFERRED TO COLLECTIVELY AS THE BLOOMINGTON CAPACI- TORS SITES, PRESUMABLY BECAUSE ALL FOUR WERE LOCATED IN BLOOMINGTON AND ALL WERE CONTAMINATED BY POLYCHLORINATED BI- PHENYLS (PCBS). HOWEVER, DUE TO EVIDENTIARY ISSUES AND ASSO CIATED PROOF PROBLEMS, THIS REFERRAL REQUESTS THAT A COST RE COVERY ACTION BE COMMENCED FOR REIMBURSEMENT OF REMOVAL COSTS INCURRED AT THE FELL SCRAPYARD SITE ONLY. IN SEPTEMBER 1984, USEPA WAS NOTIFIED THAT CERTAIN SITES LOCATED IN BLOOMINGTON, INDIANA WERE CONTAMINATED BY PCBS. USEPA'S SPILL RESPONSE SECTION INVESTIGATED THE SITES, ONE OF WHICH WAS THE FELL SCRAPYARD SITE, AND OBSERVED DISPOSED ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT AND PCB-CONTAMINATED SOIL. SUBSEQUENT LABORATORY ANALYSES OF SOIL SAMPLES AND SAMPLES OF FLUID CON TAINED WITHIN THE ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT DEMONSTRATED EXTREME- LY HIGH LEVELS OF PCBS PRESENT IN BOTH THE FLUID AND SOIL SAMPLES. AFTER DETERMINING THAT THE SITES POS