THE SOLVENT SAVERS, INC. SITE (HEREINAFTER, THE SITE ) COVERS ABOUT 13 ACRES AND IS LOCATED IN THE TOWN OF LINCKLAEN IN THE NORTHWESTERN SECTION OF CHENANGO COUNTY, NEW YORK. THE SITE IS LOCATED IN A RURAL AREA, WITH A POPULATION OF APPROXIMATELY 500 PEOPLE. THERE ARE THREE RESIDENCES WITHIN THREE-HUNDRED FEET OF THE SITE THAT UTILIZE PRIVATE WELLS AS THE SOURCE OF DRINKING WATER. THE SOLVENT SAVERS BUSINESS WAS INCORPORATED BY DR. HAROLD FREDIANI IN 1962. AT FIRST, THE BUSINESS WAS OPERATED IN POMPEY, NEW YORK. IN DECEMBER, 1964, IT WAS SOLD TO DALE HOUGH, MR. FREDIANI'S BROTHER-IN-LAW, WHO MOVED THE BUSINESS TO LINCKLAEN, NEW YORK. A THIRD SOLVENT SAVERS FACILITY, NOVAK FARM, IN PHARSALIA, NEW YORK, WAS USED BY HOUGH MAINLY FOR THE DISPOSAL OF SLUDGE. DALE HOUGH OWNED AND OPERATED A CHEMICAL WASTE RECOVERY FACILITY AT THE LINCKLAEN SITE BETWEEN APPROXIMATELY 1967 AND 1974. WASTE SOLVENTS WERE HAULED FROM NUMEROUS INDUSTRIAL FACILITIES IN THE BINGHAMPTON AND SYRACUSE AREAS TO THE SITE. AT THE SITE, A DISTILLATION PROCESS WAS USED TO RECOVER SOLVENTS FOR REUSE. IN ADDITION, MR. HOUGH OWNED AND OPERATED A DRUM RECONDITIONING BUSINESS (CASH BARREL, INC.) AT THE SAME LOCATION WHICH RECONDITIONED AND SOLD MANY OF THE DRUMS BROUGHT TO THE SITE CONTAINING WASTE SOLVENTS. IT IS SUSPECTED THAT WASTES FROM THE DISTILLATION PROCESS WERE DISPOSED OF ON THE SITE. OPERATIONS C