DURING THE PERIOD FROM 1951 UNTIL APPROXIMATELY 1989, CHEMICAL COMMODITIES, INC. ENGAGED IN THE FORMULATION OF PESTICIDES, RECLAMATION OF SPENT SOLVENTS, AND THE PURCHASE FOR RESALE, STORAGE AND REPACKAGING OF A WIDE VARIETY OF PRODUCTS, INCLUDING PESTICIDES, FOOD PRODUCTS, PRESCRIPTION AND NON-PRESCRIPTION DRUGS, COSMETICS, LABORATORY AND INDUSTRIAL CHEMICALS AND HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES, AT A SITE LOCATED AT 300-320 S. BLAKE ST., OLATHE, KANSAS. THE SPILLAGE AND/OR LEAKAGE OF HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES HANDLED AND STORED AT THE SITE HAS RESULTED IN SOIL AND GROUNDWATER CONTAMINATION. THE MAJOR SOIL CONTAMINANTS AT THE SITE ARE VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS. THE MOST PREVALENT GROUNDWATER CONTAMINANT IS TRICHLOROETHENE. OTHER MAJOR CONTAMINANTS WHICH HAVE BEEN DETECTED IN THE GROUNDWATER INCLUDE 1,1-DICHLOROETHANE, METHYLENE CHLORIDE, 1,1,1-TRICHLOROETHANE, CARBON TECTRACHLORIDE, 1,2-DICHLOROETHANE, TETRACHLOROETHENE, AND 1,1,2,2-TETRACHLOROETHANE. AIR TOXICS STUDIES ALSO INDICATE THAT THE SITE IS A SOURCE OF AIR POLLUTION. A REMOVAL ACTION WAS COMMENCED AT THE SITE IN JULY, 1989. THE SITE IS OWNED BY CCI. JERALD GERSHON IS THE SOLE OFFICER, DIRECTOR, AND STOCKHOLDER OF CCI. IN DECEMBER, 1988, CERCLA FUNDS WERE EXPENDED IN CONNECTION WITH THE REMOVAL AND DISPOSAL OF HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES (1,100 POUNDS OF AMMONIUM PERCHLORATE) FROM A TRUCK WHICH CAUGHT FIRE NEAR