THE LEMBERGER LANDFILL, INC. & LEMBERGER TRANSPORT AND RECY- CLING FACILITIES OPERATED AS DISPOSAL FACILITIES NEAR THE VILLAGE OF WHITELAW IN FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP, MANITOWOC COUNTY, WISCONSIN. THE 2 FORMER LANDFILLS ARE LOCATED WITHIN 1 QUARTER MILE OF EACH OTHER. THE LEMBERGER LANDFILL (LL) FACILITY OCCUPIES APPROX. 21 ACRES; THE LEMBERGER TRANSPORT & RECYCLING (LTR) FACILITY IS LOCATED SOUTH OF THE LL FACILI TY AND OCCUPIES APPROX. 16 ACRES. - THE LEMBERGER LANDFILL, INC. FACILITY WAS USED BY THE TOWN- SHIP OF FRANKLIN AS AN OPEN DUMP FOR APPROX. 31 YEARS. THE LL FACILITY WAS EXCAVATED PRIOR TO 1951 AS A GRAVEL QUARRY. THE PEIPLE OF THE TOWNSHIP AND AREA INDUSTRIES USED THE FACI LITY AS AN OPEN DUMP BETWEEN 1940 & 1969. IN 1969, THE WISCONSIN DEPT. OF NATRUAL RESOURCES (WDNR) LICENSED THE SITE AS A SANITARY LANDFILL THAT COULD RECEIVE MUNICIPAL WASTE AND POWER PLANT FLY AND BOTTOM ASH; INDUSTRIAL WASTE WAS THEREAFTER DIVERTED TO THE LTR FACILITY. NO LEACHATE COLLECTION SYSTEM WAS INSTALLED AT THE LL FACILITY. THE LL FACILITY WAS CLOSED BY THE WDNR IN 1976. LEACHATE SEEPS AT THE FACILITY WERE BROUGHT TO THE WDNR'S ATTENTION IN 1980. EXISTING COVER AT THE LL FACILITY CONSISTS OF VARIABLE SOIL TYPES, RANGING FROM GRADED SANDS TO CLAYS. - THE LTR FACILITY WAS ALSO INITIALLY