FACILITY OPERATED IN GROSS VIOLATION OF INTERIM STATUS STANDARDS, AND WAS SHUT DOWN BY ORDER OF STATE COURT IN EARLY 1981, AFTER FILING OF EPA ADMINSTRATIVE PROCEEDING. NEGOTIATIONS ON PENALTY AND ACTIONS NEEDED TO BRING FACI- LITY INTO COMPLIANCE EXTENDED TO MID 1982. OPERATOR ABAN- DONED SITE, WHICH WAS CLEANED UP IN A SUPERFUND REMOVAL ACTION IN 1984 (NOT THE SUBJECT OF LITIGATION). AFTER HEARING IN 1985, ALJ ENTERED DECISION FINDING VIOLATIONS ON ALL COUNTS NOT WITHDRAWN, IMPOSED 100% OF PENALTY. RESPONDENTS APPEALED AND MATTER WAS REMANDED FOR ADDITION- AL PROCEEDINGS IN NOVEMBER 1986. ALJ DISMISSED FOR WANT OF PROSECUTION BUT CASE WAS REINSTATED. RESPONDENTS HAVE BEEN SERVED, MOTION FOR EXPEDITED DECISION IS FULLY BRIEFED AND AWAITING DECISION.