1. SECTION 7003 OF THE RESOURCE CONSERVATION AND RECOVERY ACT ( RCRA ), 42 U.S.C. SECTION 6973. 2. CORNELIUS DEWITTE LOE, JR. ROUTE 3 BOX 513A CEMETARY ROAD POTTSBORO, GRAYSON COUNTY, TEXAS 75076 FACILITY: ANCHOR RANCH 3. RESPONDENT OWNS A PROPERTY COMMONLY KNOWN AS ANCHOR RANCH , CONSISTING OF APPROXIMATELY 137 ACRES, LOCATED APPROXIMATELY .3 OF A MILE WEST OF STATE HIGHWAY 120, ON THE SOUTHSIDE OF CEMETARY ROAD, IN GRAYSON COUNTY, NEAR THE CITY OF POTTSBORO, TEXAS. ON OR ABOUT OCT. 23, 1996, THROUGH OCT. 25 1996, EPA CON- DUCTED AN INSPECTION AT ANCHOR RANCH. THE INSPECTION FOUND AND EXCAVATED A TOTAL OF 25 DRUMS FROM THE EXCAVA- TION SITE. SAMPLES COLLECTED FROM THE LIQUID IN 5 OF THE BURIED DRUMS EXHIBITED THE HAZARDOUS WASTE CHARACTERISI- TIC OF IGNITABILITY AND TOXICITY CHARACTERISTIC FOR BEN- ZENE. LIQUID WASTES SAMPLED FROM 2 OF THE DRUMS ALSO EX- HIBITED THOSE CHARACTERISTICS. DURING EXECUTION OF A CRIMINAL SEARCH WARRANT, OCT. 23- 25, 1996, DISTINCT STAINING FROM THE LEAKING DRUMS WAS OBSERVED IN THE EXCAVATION SITE. A PHOTOIONIZING DETECTOR AND FLAME IONIZING DETECTOR WERE USED TO MONITOR THE AM- BIENT AIR CONDITIONS AT THE EXCAV