EPA SEEKS RECOVERY OF APPROXIMATELY $550,000 IN RESPONSE COSTS INCURRED DURING A REMOVAL ACTION AT A LANDFILL NEAR CEDARBURG, WI. THE DEFENDANTS ARE MARVIN PROCHNOW, THE LANDFILL OWNER AND OPERATOR; THE CITY AND THE TOWN OF CEDARBURG, THE CITY AS FORMER OWNER AND BOTH MUNICIPALITIES AS OPERATORS; AND 2 CORPORATIONS, WHICH ARRANGED FOR THE DISPOSAL OF HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES AT THE LANDFILL. AMONG THE VARIOUS HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES WERE CHLORINATED SOLVENTS, SUCH AS TRICHLOROETHYLENE. THE SOLVENTS HAD DEGRADED INTO VINYL CHLORIDE, WHICH WAS FOUND IN RESIDENTIAL DRINKING WATER WELLS. VINYL CHLORIDE IS ONE OF A FEW CLASS A CARCINOGENS, THE HIGHEST CATEGORY EPA RECOGNIZES. EPA'S REMOVAL ACTION INCLUDED BOTTLED WATER DELIVERY, INSTALLATION OF AIR STRIPPERS IN HOMES, CONNECTING THE RESIDENCES TO MUNICIPAL WATER, AND PLUGGING THE WELLS.