THE WESTERN SCRAP DRUM SITE IS ASSOCIATED WITH A SCRAP YARD LOCATED AT 6901 WEST CHICAGO AVENUE, GARY, INDIANA. THE SITE IS APPROZXIMATELY 20 ACRES IN SIZE, IN AN INDUSTRI- AL AREA, WITH AN ENTRANCE ON INDUSTRIAL HIGHWAY. SEVEN TANKER TRAILERS, APPROXIMATELY THREE HUNDRED (300) 55-GALLON DRUMS AND NUMEROUS SMALLER CONTAINERS WERE FOUND ON SITE. THE DRUMS AND TWO OF THE TANKERS CONTAINED HAZARDOUS WASTES, INCLUDING PLATING WASTES, PAINT SLUDGES, INKS AND SOLVENTS. SAMPLES TAKEN REVEALED THE PRESENCE OF CYANIDES, ACIDS, POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS (PCBS) AND SOLVENTS WITH DANGEROUS LY LOW FLASH POINTS. THE WASTES WERE IN BADLY DETERIORATED CONTAINERS, WITH DRUMS CONTAINING ACID NEXT TO DRUMS CONTAIN ING CYANIDE, THE APRIL 7, 1986, LETTER REPORT OF THE TECHNI- CAL ASSISTANCE TEAM (TAT) WHICH MADE THE SITE ASSESSMENT ON AUGUST 12 AND 15 OF 1985. THE WESTERN SCRAP CORPORATION (FORMERLY WESTERN SCRAP INC.) CONDUCTS AND AT ALL RELEVANT TIMES CONDUCTED A CAR CRUSHING OPERATION ON A PORTION OF THEIR PROPERTY. THE RE- MAINING PORTION OF THE POROERTY IS A DEGRADED WETLAND COVER- ED WITH CATTAILS, BRUSH, STANDING WATER, OLD TIRES, RUBBLE, CANS, DRUMS AND TANKERS. THIS PORTION OF THE WESTERN SCRAP PROPERTY LIES ADJACENT TO THE NORTHERN BOUNDARY OF PROPERTY LEASED BY THE CONSERVATION CHEMICAL COMPANY OF ILLINOIS (CCCI). CCCI ACCEPTED LARGE VOLUMES OF HAZAR