BACKGROUND THE BIG D SITE, LOCATED IN KINGSVILLE, OH, WAS A SAND AND GRAVEL QUARRY FROM 1964 TO 1976. TO THE SOUTH OF THE SITE IS A SMALL BLUFF AT THE BOTTOM OF WHICH IS CONNEAUT CREEK. TO THE SOUTHEAST OF THE SITE IS A CAMPGROUND. TO THE WEST OF THE SITE IS OPEN FARMLAND, AND 1/2 MILE TO THE NORTH OF THE SITE IS SWAMPLAND. SOME RESIDENTS WITHIN 1/2 MILE TAP THE AQUIFERS FOR DRINKING WATER WELLS. NO RESIDENTIAL WELLS HAVE BEEN CONTAMINATED TO DATE. BOTH THE LANDFILL AND THE ADJACENT PROPERTY ARE OWNED BY THE DRESLINKI FAMILY. - THE EXCAVATED AREAS OF THE QUARRY WERE SUBSEQUENTLY LAND- FILLED WITH A VARIETY OF WASTES. TRENCHED AREAS WOULD BE FILLED WITH WASTE AND THEN COVERED WITH SOIL. THE LAND- FILLED AREAS WERE APPARENTLY CAPPED WITH A CLAY LAYER AND GRADED IN 1983 BY A PRP. - MOST OF THE WASTE WAS IN DRUMS, BUT SOME BULK TOLUENE DIISOCYNATE (TDI) WAS DISPOSED. IT IS ESTIMATED THAT BE- TWEEN 2500 AND 5000 DRUMS OF HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES ARE BURIED AT THE SITE. THE DRUMMED HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES INCLUDE NON- HALOGENTATED AND HALOGENATED SOLVENTS, CAUSTICS AND OILY SUBSTANCES. - THIS PROPOSED COST RECOVERY CASE CON