LITIGATION REFERRAL FOR COST RECOVERY ACTION UNDER SECTION 107 OF CERCLA. SEEKING TO RECOVER APPROXIMATELY $2 MILLION IN COSTS EXPENDED PURSUANT TO A FUND-FINANCED PHASED CERCLA SECTION 104 REMOVAL ACTION CONDUCTED DURING 9/83, 5/18/87 - 2/17/88, AND 4/90 AT ARRCOM INC SUPERFUND SITE IN RATHDRUM, ID. THE SITE IS AN ABANDONED WASTE-OIL RECYCLING FACILITY IN KOOTENAI COUNTY NEAR RATHDRUM. THE FACILITY WAS ABANDONED 1/82 AFTER BEING OPERATED BY A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT INDIVIDUALS AND CORPORATIONS OVER 20 YEARS. ON 9/8/83 THE SITE WAS PLACED ON THE NPL LIST. EPA CONDUCTED AN EMERGENCY REMOVAL ACTION IN 8/83 DURING WHICH EPA DRAINED THE ON-SITE TANKS OF THEIR PUMPABLE CONTENTS AND REMOVED HIGHLY CONTAMINATED OILS AND SOILS. THE TANKS AND SOME SLUDGES CONTAINED THEREIN WERE LEFT AT THE SITE AND NO FENCING WAS BUILT. IN 1986 EPA RECEIVED INFORMATION THAT THE PRESENCE OF OIL AND SLUDGES IN THE TANKS ON-SITE POSED A CONTINUED DANGER. THE PRESENCE OF THIS OIL INDICATED THAT CONTINUED OIL STORAGE ACTIVITY MAY HAVE TAKEN PLACE AFTER THE 8/82 REMOVAL. BETWEEN 5/87 AND 2/88 EPA REMOVED CONTAMINATED OIL, SLUDGES AND ON-SITE TANKS. EXTENSIVE SAMPLING AND ANALYSIS WAS CONDUCTED AT THE COMPLETION OF THIS PHASE TO DETERMINE IF THE SITE WOULD BE ELIGIBLE FOR DE-LISTING. THIS SAMPLING REVEALED ELEVATED LEVELS OF LEAD CONTAMINATED SOIL WHICH NECESSITATED AD