SYNOPSIS: THE DUTCHTOWN OIL TREATMENT FACILITY SITE IS LOCATED IN DUTCHTOWN LOUISIANA AT THE INTERSECTION OF INTER- STATE 10 AN STATE HIGHWAY 74. THE SITE IS THE LOCATION OF A FORMER REFINERY OPERATION WHICH SPECIALIZED IN THE REFINING OF WASTE OIL. THE SITE IS APPROXIMATELY FIVE ACRES IN SIZE AND IS LOCATED ADJACENT TO SEVERAL RESIDENCES AND WITHIN ONE HALF OF A MILE OF AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. ON JULY 22, 1987, THE SITE WAS PLACED ON THE NATIONAL PRIORITIES LIST. FROM DECEMBER 1987 TO FEB 88, EPA CONDUCTED AN ENGINEERING EVALU- ATION/COST ANALYSIS TO EVALUATE POSSIBLE SHORT TERM REMEDIAL ACTIONS FOR THE SITE. ON MAY 20, 1988, EPA ISSUED AN ACTION MEMORANDUM THAT CALLED FOR THE REMOVAL AND THERMAL DESTRUCT- ION OF THE ON-SITE WASTES.