THIS IS A CIVIL ACTION FOR COST RECOVERY UNDER SECTION 107 OF CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. SECTION 9601 ET SEQ., AGAINST THE CHARLES GEORGE TRUCKING CO., & ITS TRUSTEES. SYNOPSIS: THE CASE INVOLVES A 70-ACRE LANDFILL IN TYNGSBORO & DUNSTABLE, MA (THE SITE), WHICH IS ESTIMATED TO BE THE 2ND LARGEST PRIVATELY OWNED LANDFILL IN MASS & HAS BEEN LISTED ON THE NPL SINCE 12/82. IT HAS BEEN OWNED & OPERATED BY THE CHARLES GEORGE LAND RECLAMATION TRUST (CGLRT) SINCE 1971. DOROTHY & CHARLES GEORGE SR. NAMED THEMSELVES AS TRUSTEES OF THE CGLRT & OPERATED THE LANDFILL IN THE STYLE OF A FAMILY BUSINESS -- I.E., W/THEIR CHILDREN, JAMES GEORGE, CHARLES GEORGE JR., & KAREN KARRAS PARTICIPATING IN THE DAY-TO-DAY OPERATIONS. PURSUANT TO PERMITS ISSUED BY MASS, THE SITE WAS OPER- ATED AS A HAZARDOUS WASTE DISPOSAL FACILITY FROM 1973-JAN 1976. IN 1979 DOROTHY & CHARLES, SR. RESIGNED AS TRUSTEES, & JAMES GEORGE BECAME SOLE TRUSTEE OF THE CGLRT. DESPITE SIZEABLE REVENUES PRODUCED BY THE CGLRT FROM 1971-1983, THE CGLRT FILED A PETITION FOR BANKRUPTCY IN APR '83 & ABANDONED THE SITE SHORTLY THEREAFTER. BANKRUPTCY COURT DISMISSED THE PETITION & AN APPEAL TO U.S. DIST. COURT IS PENDING. IN NOV 1983, EPA'S CONTRACTORS BEGAN INVESTIGATING THE RELEASE OF HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES AT THE SITE. PURSUANT TO SECT 104 OF CERCLA, EPA HAS CONDUCTED SEV