DATE VIOLATION DETERMINED: 1984 LIABILITY OF DEFENDANTS: DEFENDANTS ARE LIABLE FOR RESPONSE COSTS INCURRED BY U.S. EPA IN CONNECTION WITH A SITE KNOWN AS THE BURROWS LAND- FILL IN HARTFORD, MI. THE COSTS ARE RECOVERABLE UNDER SECTION 107 OF CERCLA. PROPOSED RELIEF: U.S. EPA SEEKS RECOVERY OF ALL COSTS INCURRED BY U.S. EPA, WHICH TOTALLED APPROXIMATELY $860,490.28 AS OF MARCH, 1988 AS WELL AS DECLARATORY RELIEF AS TO FUTURE COSTS (ESTI- MATED TO EXCEED $2 MILLION). RECENT CONTACTS WITH DEFENDANTS: ON MARCH 9, 1988, U.S. EPA NOTIFIED DEFENDANTS BY LETTER OF ITS PLANS TO RECOVER THE U.S. EPA COSTS, AND DEMANDED SAME. SIGNIFICANCE OF THE REFERRAL: INITIATION OF THIS ACTION BY APRIL 22, 1988 WILL AVOID ANY STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS BAR TO THE RECOVERY OF SUPERFUND COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS SITE. EVIDENCE OF LIABILITY: SAMPLING PERFORMED BY U.S. EPA AND THE STATE DEMONSTRATED THE RELEASE OF HEAVY METALS, ARSENIC, CYANIDE FROM THE BURROWS FACILITY. DOCUMENTARY AND TESTIMONIAL EVIDENCE ESTABLISHES THAT LARGE QUANTITIES OF METAL HYDROXIDE SLUDGES WERE DISPOSED OF AT THE SITE.