SITE BACKGROUND: THE SITE COVERS APPROX. FOUR ACRES IN A RURAL RESIDENTIAL AREA IN SPRINGFIELD TOWNSHIP. THE SITE WAS USED FOR CHEMI- CAL WASTE DISPOSAL IN THE LATE 1960S. IN 1980, MDNR CONDUC- TED A REMOVAL ACTION AND HAULED AWAY APPROX. 1500 DRUMS OF WASTES AND 711 TONS OF CONTAMINATED SOILS. THE SITE WAS PLACED ON THE NPL IN 1983. CERCLA RESPONSE ACTIONS: MDNR, PURSUANT TO A COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT WITH USEPA, CON- DUCTED AN RI AT THE SITE FROM 1984 TO 1986. THE RI REPORT WAS FINALIZED IN JULY, 1989. THE RI INDICATES THAT ON-SITE SOILS ARE CONTAMINATED WITH PESTICIDES, PCBS, ORGANICS, LEAD AND ARSENIC. THE GROUNDWATER IS CONTAMINATED WITH ORGANICS, LEAD AND ARSENIC. THE SOIL CONTAMINATED IS LIMITED TO ON- SITE; HOWEVER, GROUNDWATER SAMPLING EVENTS CONDUCTED BETWEEN 1987 AND 1989 BY THE MDNR INDICATE THAT GROUNDWATER CONTAMI- NATION MAY BE MIGRATING OFF-SITE. MDNR, PURSUANT TO A COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT WITH USEPA, ALSO COMPLETED TO DRAFT FS IS 1987. THE FS HAS NOT YET BEEN FIN- ALIZED. IN JANUARY 1988, THE LEAD ON THE PROJECT WAS TRANSFERRED FROM MDNR TO EPA. THE SITE IS NOW A FEDERAL LEAD PROJECT. ENFORCEMENT REMEDY: AS INDICATED ABOVE, THE RI/FS WAS FUND-LEAD PROJECT. THERE ARE APPROX. 25 PRPS AT THE SITE.