THE GROUP EIGHT TECHNOLOGY, INC. SITE WAS OPERATED AS A HUBCAP MFG FACILITY UNTIL 1987 WHEN GROUP EIGHT TECH, INC. ENTERED INTO A LAND CONTRACT FOR THE SITE AND TOOK POSSES- SION. IN AUGUST 1987, LESS THAN ONE MONTH AFTER GROUP EIGHT TECH, INC. TOOK POSSESSION OF THE SITE, THE ONLY BUILDING AT THE SITE WAS PARTIALLY DEMOLISHED IN A FIRE WHICH WAS DETER- MINED TO BE CAUSED BY ARSON. AFTER THE FIRE THE SITE CON- TAINED ABANDONED ELECTRICAL TRANSFORMERS AND PITS WHICH CON- TAINED PLATING WASTES. THE CITY OF WYANDOTTE WAS UNSUCCESS- FUL IN OBTAINING A CLEANUP OF THE SITE BY RESPONSIBLE PARTIES AND THUS CONTACTED THE MDNR WHICH CONTACTED USEPA FOR ASSISTANCE.