1. SECTION 106(A) OF THE COMPREHENSIVE ENVIRONMENTAL RE- SPONSE, COMPENSATION AND LIABILITY ACT ( CERCLA ), AS A- MENDED, 42 U.S.C. SEC. 9606(A), SECTION 104(A) OF CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. SEC. 9604(A), AND SECTION 122 OF CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. SEC. 9622. 2. ELLIOTT'S AUTO PARTS SITE 723 WEST SOUTH (OFF ALCOA ROAD WEST OF I-30) BENTON, SALINE COUNTY, ARKANSAS 3. JAMES ELLISON ( ELLISON ) OWNED THE SITE CONTINUOUSLY FROM 1970 TO 1982. ELLISON CONDUCTED SALVAGE OPERATIONS ON THE SITE FROM APPROXIMATELY 1972 TO APPROXIMATELY 1982 AS SALINE COUNTY SALVAGE COMPANY ( SALINE ). AS PART OF ELLISON'S OPERATIONS AT THE SITE, JUNK ELECTRICAL EQUIP- MENT WAS SALVAGED, AND THESE OPERATIONS CAUSED OIL CON- TAMINATED WITH POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS (PCBS) FROM THAT EQUIPMENT TO BE LEAKED OR SPILLED ON THE LAND SURFACE AND DISPOSED OF AT THE SITE. AS A SEPARATE PART OF ELLISON'S OPERATION AT THE SITE, BATTERIES AND OTHER MATERIALS WERE SALVAGED BY SALINE AND THESE OPERATIONS CAUSED LEAD FROM THOSE MATERIALS TO BE SPILLED ON THE LAND SURFACE AND DISPOSED OF AT THE SITE. IN RESPONSE TO A REQUEST FROM THE ARKANSAS DEPT. OF HEALTH, AN INSPECTION OF THE SITE WAS PERFORMED ON JUL. 19, 1985 BY THE EPA. ANALYSES OF THE SOIL SAMPLES COL- LECTED ON ONE PART OF THE SITE DU