ON JULY 9-10, 1997, EPA INSPECTED FACILITY AND FOUND 4 LARGE ABOVE-GROUND STORAGE TANKS ON SITE. EACH TANK WAS ABOUT 40 FEET IN HEIGHT AND 40 FEET IN DIAMETER. THEY ALSO FOUND 6 PITS OR PONDS IN THE VICINITY OF THE TANKS COVERED WITH A LAYER OF OILY WASTES. EPA FOUND 22 DEAD BIRDS IN THE OILY LAYER OF THE PITS, SURFACE IMPOUNDMENTS AND STANDING OIL ON THE GROUND. 18 BIRDS WERE COLLECTED AND THE 4 REMAINING BIRDS COULD NOT BE RECOVERED. RESPONDENT'S CONTRIBUTION OF SOLID WASTE TO, OR HANDLING OF SOLID WASTE AT THE FACILITY MAY PRESENT AN IMMINENT AND SUBSTANTIAL ENDANGERMENT TO HEALTH OR THE ENVIRONMENT WITHIN THE MEANING OF SECTION 7003