IT IS A 500,000 SQUARE FOOT FACILITY. BEGAN OPERATION IN THE 1920'S AND STOPPED OPERATING IN 1980. IT CONTAINS 5 OPEN CONCRETE PITS FILLED WITH OILY LIQUID. THE FACILITY IS LOCATED NEAR THE CENTER OF THE TOWN, COULD POSE A SERIOUS FIRE THREAT TO THE COMMUNITY. IT MAY BE IMPOSSIBLE TO PREVENT CONTAMINATED RUNOFF FROM THE FACILITY ENTERING INTO THE SHEBOYGAN RIVER WHICH FLOWS EAST INTO LAKE MICHIGAN.