THE SITE PROPERTY WAS ORIGINALLY OWNED AND FARMED BY THE WIDDIFIELD FAMILY. IN 1953, THE PROPERTY WAS PURCHASED BY TWO PARTIES: DANIEL BROTHERS' MEAT PACKING HOUSE OPERATED A SLAUGHTERHOUSE ON THE SOUTHWEST PORTION OF THE SITE, AND COLUMBIA CITY OPENED A MUNICIPAL LANDFILL IN THE NORTHEAST AREA. THE LANDFILL CLOSED IN 1970. THE CITY SOLD 2.7. ACRES TO HOLMES & CO., A WHOLESALE LUMBER CONCERN, IN 1959, AND IN 1973 DANIEL BROTHERS' SOLD ITS PROPERTY TO FREDERICK SHALLOT, A MANUFACTURER OF HARDWOOD CRADLES AND COMMERCIAL HANDLES. - IN 1975, WAYNE BROCKMAN PURCHASED APPROX. 12 ACRES FROM SHALLOT AND 13.6 ACRES FROM THE CITY AND BEGAN AN OIL RE- CLAMATION AND LIQUID WASTE TREATMENT OPERATION. BROCKMAN, AFTER INCORPORATING WRR, EXPANDED HIS OPERATIONS WHEN HE OBTAINED A LICENSE FROM THE STATE OF INDIANA TO HAUL INDUS- TRIAL LIQUID WASTES IN 1976. THIS LICENSE WAS RENEWED EVERY YEAR THROUGH 1985. AN INVESTIGATION BY THE INDIANA STATE BOARD OF HEALTH IN 1980 REVEALED SIGNES OF ON-SITE DISPOSAL OF HAZARDOUS WASTES, AND FURTHER INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT WRR HAD FILED FALSE WASTE HAULER REPORTS. WRR CLAIMED TO HAVE DISPOSED OF 250,000 GALLONS OF SLUDGE AT THE WILLIAMS COUNTY LANDFILL IN BRYAN, OHIO FROM FEBRUARY, 1979 THROUGH MAY, 1980; HOWEVER, THE LANDFILL DID NOT RECEIVE ANY WASTE SHIPMENTS FROM WRR DURING THAT PERIO