ROBERT. J. BURNS; DANIEL DRACUP; ROBERT E. WARD JR., ET AL. -YOUNGSVILLE, PA. FILED 10/3/80, CIVIL ACTION #80-1424. U.S.DIST. COURT FOR THE W DIST.. OF PA. BURNS AGREED TO REMOVE FOR WARD BARRELS OF PCB OIL STORED AT DRACUP'S WAREHOUSE IN YOUNGSVILLE, PA. PCB OIL STORED AT THE YOUNGSTOWN SITE CONTAMINATED SOIL & THREATENED TO CONTAMINATE SURFACEWTR & GRNDWTR IN POXIMITY TO DRINKING WTR. WARD TRANSFORMER CO, INC HAS BEEN BUYING, SELLING & REBUILDING USED ELEC. TRANSFORMERS IN THE EASTERN U.S. SINCE 1965. THE CO. DRAINED PCB CONTAMINATED FLUID FROM THE TRANSFORMERS & STORES IT IN TANKS & 55 GAL DRUMS AT ITS RALEIGH, N.C. FACILITY. IN EARLY 1978, WARD ENTERED INTO AN ORAL AGREEMENT WITH BURNS ON BEHALF OF WARD TRANSFORMER CO. FOR THE REMOVAL BY BURNS OF 32,560 GALLONS OF PCB FLUID FROM WARD TRANSFORMER. BURNS & DRACUP REMOVED THE DRUMS & STORED THEM IN A WAREHOUSE ON DRACUP'S PROPERTY. THE WAREHOUSE IS LOCATED APPROX. 150 YDS FROM THE YOUNGSVILLE MUNICIPAL BLD WHICH HOUSED THE WATER WELLS THAT PROVIDE THE SOLE WATER SUPPLY FOR THE 2200 RES. OF YOUNGSVILLE. IT IS ALSO APPROX. 1200 FT E OF BROKENSTRAW CREEK. THE CREEK FLOWS INTO THE ALLEGHENY RIVER & IS A TROUT FISHERY. ON MARCH 9, 1979, THE U.S. FILED A CIVIL ACTION UNDER THE TOXIC SUBSTANCES CONTROL ACT TO COMPEL BURNS, DRACUP & CO. TO COMPLY WITH THE PCB REGULATIONS REGARDING DRUM STORAGE.