NAT'L PRIORITIES LIST WHEN THE NEW HAZARD RANKING SYSTEM IS ISSUED, THIS ACTION ALSO SEEKS A DECLARATORY JUDGMENT ON LIA BILITY FOR ANY FUTURE COST EXPENDED AT THE SITE. EMERGENCY REMOVAL COMPLETED IN JULY 1986. EXPANDED SITE INVESTIGATION COMPLETED FALL 1987. PRP SEARCH STILL BEING CONDUCTED. THE PURPOSE IS THE FILING OF A CIVIL ACTION TO RECOVER GOVERNMENT RESPONSE COSTS UNDER SECT 107 OF CERCLA, 42 USC SECT 9601 ET SEQ., AS AMENDED BY THE SUPERFUND AMENDMENTS AND REAUTHORIZATION ACT OF 1986, PUB. L. NO. 99-499, 100 STAT. 1613 (1986) (SARA). NATURE OF THE CASE: THIS PROPOSED COST RECOVERY CASE CONCERNS THE U.S. SCRAP SITE LOCATED ON THE SOUTH SITE OF CHGO., IL. THE SITE OPERA TED AS AN INDUSTRIAL CHEMICAL WASTE RECEIVER BETWEEN 1965 AND 1975. DURING THIS PERIOD, THE OPERATOR TOOK LIQUID AND DRY WASTES FROM OVER 200 AREA GENERATORS AND DISPOSED OF THEM IN LAGOONS, OLD GRAIN SILOS, PITS, AS WELL AS ONTO THE GROUND OF THE SITE. OPERATIONS AT THE SITE CEASED IN 1975, WHEN THE SITE OPERATOR ENCOUNTERED FINANCIAL DIFFICULTIES. FROM 1973 TO 1975 HE DISPOSED OF WASTES AT BOTH THE U.S. SCRAP SITE AND A RELATED SITE, NINTH AVE. DUMP IN GARY, IN. EXCEPT FOR SCORING THE SITE UNDER THE HAZARD RANKING SYS- TEM IN 1982, THE U.S. SCRAP SITE FIRST CAME TO THE ATTENTION OF THE USEPA ON AUGUST 16, 1985, WHE