YANKEE CHEMICAL & AMBROID CO INC OPERATED OUT OF 600 WEST WATER ST SITE. YANKEE WAS A CHEMICAL REPACKAGER AND BLENDER. AMBROID WAS A GLUE MANUFACTURER. BOTH OPERATED OUT OF THE SAME SITE AND USED THE SAME STAFF AND MACHINERY. BOTH WERE OWNED BY J FRANK STRAUSS. AFTER INCURRING FINANCIAL AND RCRA PROBLEMS, THE COMPANIES TRANSFERRED THEIR ASSETS TO A HOLDING COMPANY AND ULTIMATELY TO CONTRACT PACKAGING (CPC). CPC OPERATED OUT OF THE SITE FROM JANUARY 1985 TO FEBRUARY 1986. AT THE CONCLUSION OF ITS OPERATIONS, CPC DECLARED BANKRUPTCY AND ABANDONED THE SITE. ON 3/6/92 STARTED THE REMOVAL PROCESS WHICH CONCLUDED ON 6/17/92. EPA INCURRED OVER $700,000 IN RESPONSE COSTS. ON 6/11/97 WE ASKED THE PRPS TO SIGN A TOLLING AGREEMENT. THEY REFUSED AND WE FILED A CIVIL COMPLAINT IN MASSACHUSETTS DISTRICT COURT ON JUNE 6, 1997.