THE RIVERSIDE PLATING FACILITY, LOCATED IN JANESVILLE, WIS- CONSIN, WAS A SPECIALITY PLATING FACILITY. EPA'S INSPECTION OF THE FACILITY, REQUESTED BY THE WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES, REVEALED THE PRESENCE OF HAZARDOUS CONSTITUENTS SUCH AS CYANIDE, CADMIUM, CHROMIUM, NICKEL, ZINC, AND WASTE CAUSTICS AND ACIDS. ON FEBRUARY 9, 1995, REGION 5 ISSUED AN ACTION MEMORANDUM, FINDING THAT AN IMMINENT AND SUBSTANTIAL ENDANGERMENT TO HUMAN HEALTH OR THE ENVIRONMENT, AS DEFINED BY CERCLA 106, EXISTED AT THE FACILITY. EPA'S RESPONSE ACTIVITIES, CONDUCTED FROM MARCH TO JULY, 1995, CONSISTED OF THE REMOVAL OF ALL ABANDONED HAZARDOUS LIQUID AND SOLID WASTES DISCOVERED AT THE FACILITY THE DECONTAMINATION OF THE CONTAMINATED INTERIOR STRUCTURES OF THE FACILITY BUILDING, AND LIMITED SOIL AND GROUNDWATER SAMPLING TO CONFIRM THAT THE THREAT OF DIRECT CONTACT WITH HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES HAD BEEN REMOVED. IN CONDUCTING THESE RESPONSE ACTIONS, AND FOLLOW-UP ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITIES, EPA INCURRED RESPONSE COSTS OF $496,467.28. THE RIVERSIDE PLATING COMPANY IS ESSENTIALLY JUDGMENT-PROOF, HAVING DEBTS TOTALING OVER $2.2 MILLION. THIS COMPANY, A SMALL, CLOSELY-HELD CORPORATION, WAS OWNED BY ONE FAMILY, THE BOUZIANES. RICHARD BOUZIANE, THE ELDEST SON, SERVED AS THE PRESIDENT OF THE CORPORATION, AND WAS THE INDIVIDUAL WHO APPARENTLY MADE ALL THE DECISIONS REGARDING BUSINESS STRATE- GY, PRODUCTION METHODS, AND WASTE DI