DIRECT REFERRAL FOR A SUPERFUND COST RECOVERY ACTION FOR THE MIDWEST MANUFACTURING/NORTH FARM SUPERFUND SITE IN KELLOGG, IOWA. THIS IS A REFERRAL FOR A JUDICIAL ACTION PURSUANT TO CERCLA SECTION 107 FOR THE RECOVERY OF PAST RESPONSE COSTS AND A DECLARATION OF LIABILITY FOR FUTURE RESPONSE COSTS INCURRED BY THE EPA. IN ADDITION, EPA IS SEEKING PENALTIES UNDER SECTION 104 OF CERCLA FOR THE PROPOSED DEFENDANT'S FAILURE TO RESPOND TO EPA'S REQUEST FOR INFORMATION FOR OVER 3 YEARS. THE FACILITY INVOLVED IS THE MIDWEST MANUFACTURING/NORTH FARM FACILITY, WHICH IS COMPOSE OF 2 OPERABLE UNTIS. THE PRIMARY PROPOSED DEFENDANT, SMITH-JONES, INC., HAS OWNED AND OPERATED A MANUFACTURING PLANT LOCATED AT 101 HIGH STREET, KELLOGG, IOWA, SINCE APPROXIMATELY APRIL, 1973 (THE MIDWEST OPERABLE UNIT ). FROM 1977 TO 1978, SMITH-JONES WAS THE GENERATOR OF HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES THAT THE COMPANY DISPOSED OF IN AN UNLINED DISPOSAL CELL LOCATED IN A RURAL AREA 2 MILES NORTH AND ONE-HALF MILE EAST OF KELLOGG, IOWA (THE NORTH FARM OPERABLE UNIT ). FROM 1978 TO 1981, THE COMPANY DISPOSED OF THESE HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES IN AN UNLINED TRENCH LOCATED BETWEEN THE MANUFACTURING PLANT BUILDING AND THE NORTH SKUNK RIVER. EPA UNDERTOOK INVESTIGATION OF THE SITE IN MAY, 1982. THE SITE WAS PLACED ON THE NPL IN 1986.