AIDEX CORP - COUNCIL BLUFFS, IA, FILED 6/22/81 CIVIL ACTION #81-33-W, US DIST CT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF IA, AIDEX OPERATED A FORMULATION, PACKAGING & DISTRIBUT'N BUSINESS FOR INDUSTRIAL & AGRICULTURAL CHEM AT ITS FACILITY NEAR COUNCIL BLUFFS, IA. THE CO HAS DISPOSED OF WASTES IN DRUMS, & AN UNDERGROUND 12,000 GAL STORAGE TANK LOCATED IN AN ALLUVIAL AQUIFER. THE TANK IS DETERIORATING & CHEM ARE IN DANGER OF MIGRATING INTO SOIL & GRNDWTR. IN ADDITION WASTES HAVE SPILLED IN VARIOUS AREAS OF THE SITE & ARE MIGRATING OFF PROPERTY, ALLEGEDLY AFFECTING SURFACE WATER. AIDEX HAS FILED FOR BANKRUPTCY. A NOV, 1976 FIRE DESTROYED 1 BUILDING ON-SITE AND CONSUMED VARIOUS DRUMS CONTAINING CHEM. WATER USED TO EXTINGUISH FIRE CAUSED CHEM TO SPILL OUT ONTO THE GRND & SPREAD OVER SURFACE OF SITE, CONTAMINATING SOIL. CHEM ARE LEACHING FROM SURFACE THRU SOIL TOWARD SHALLOW WATER TABLE. CONTAMINANTS IN SOIL HAVE BEEN CARRIED OFF-SITE BY WIND & WATER. RELIEF IS SOUGHT PURSUANT TO SEC 7003 OF RCRA. THIS CASE ORIGINATED AS A BANKRUPTCY ACTION, WHICH WAS DROPPED. A CIVIL REFERRAL ADDING THE CERCLA COUNTS WAS SENT IN LATER.