I. NATURE OF CHALLENGE-COOK BROTHERS THE I. JONES RECYCLING FACILITY IS LOCATED AT 3651 CLINTON ST, FT. WAYNE, IN. I. JONES PARTNERSHIP OWNED AND OPERATED THE FACILITY FROM AUGUST 1985 UNTIL SEPT. 9, 1986, AT WHICH TIME THE CITY OF FT. WAYNE OBTAINED A STATE COURT ORDER EN- JOINING OPERATION OF THE FACILITY. PRIOR TO AUGUST 1985, THE FACILITY WAS OPERATED BY HANCHAR INDUSTRIAL WASTE MANAGE MENT, INC. (HIWM) (5/79-6/82), THEN BY CHEM - RESOURCE RECO- VERY, INC. (CRRI) (6/82-1/83), AND FINALLY, BY CONTINENTAL WASTE SYSTEMS, INC. (CWSI) (1/83-8/85). BETWEEN 1980 AND 1982, CHALLENGE - COOK BROS., IN BYRAN, OH, EMPLOYED THE TRANSPORATATION, AND TREATMENT OR DISPOSAL SERVICES OF HIWM AND CRRI. HIWM RECEIVED FROM CHALLENGE - COOK BROS., AND TRANSPORTED TO THE SITE: 4000 GAL. OF SOL- VENTS, 1760 GAL. OF PAINT SLUDGE, 200 GAL. OF WASTE WATER AND 165 GAL. OF PAINT THINNER. CRRI SIMILARLY RECEIVED AND TRANSPORTED: 1815 GAL. OF WASTE W3ATER, 220 GAL. OF WASTE FLAMMABLE LIQUID, AND 165 GAL. OF PAINT SLUDGE. THE WASTE WATER SHIPMENTS, WHICH ACCORDING TO SHIPPING DOCUMENTS ALSO INCLUDED WASTE OIL AND WASTE PAINT SLUDGE, WERE MANIFESTED AS NON-HAZARDOUS WASTE. ALL OTHER SUBSTANCES, HOWEVER, WERE MANIFESTED AS HAZARDOUS WASTES. THIS INVOLVEMENT BY CHAL- LENGE-COOK BROS., AS A GENERATOR OF HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES, WHO ARRANGED FOR TREATMENT OR DISPOSAL OF, AND TRANSPORTA- TION OF SUCH HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES TO TH