BACKGROUND: * THIS CASE WAS REFERRED TO EPA BY THE TEXAS WATER COMMISSION ON JULY 3, 1986. * THE REFERRAL FROM TWC WAS BASED ON NUMEROUS HIGH PRIORITY VIOLATIONS LISTED IN A JAN 3, 1986, INSPECTION REPORT. THE VIOLATIONS INCLUDED STORAGE AND DISPOSAL WITHOUT A PERMIT, NO GROUNDWATER MONITORING, AND NO FINANCIAL ASSURANCE FOR CLOSURE. * AT THE TIME OF THE JAN 3, 1986, INSPECTION, THE OWNERS IN EQUAL PARTNERSHIP, WERE WILLIAM L. SIEGFRIED AND ROBERT W. HENLEY. ON APRIL 1, 1986, RALPH AND SHIRLEY DE LA MORINIERE ASSUMED OWNERSHIP. * IT WAS DECIDED TO ISSUE TWO ORDERS: 1) A PENALTY ONLY ORDER AGAINST THE PREVIOUS OWNERS WILLIAM SIEGFRIED AND ROBERT HENLEY AND 2) A COMPLIANCE ORDER WITH PENALTIES AGAINST THE CURRENT OWNERS RALPH AND SHIRLEY DE LA MORINIERE. * EPA CONDUCTED AN INSPECTION AT THE FACILITY ON JULY 23, 1987 AND FOUND THE SAME VIOLATIONS THAT WERE DISCOVERED IN 1986. * ACTION REQUESTED: