ON EXPANDED 115 SUPERFUND LIST. DRAKE CHEMICALS. DRAKE CHEM- ICALS, INC. (DRAKE), OWNED & OPERATED A FACILITY IN LOCK HAVEN, PA, WHICH MANUFACTURED CHEM INTERMEDIATES. LOCATED WITHIN A FEW THOUS. YDS OF A HEAVILY POPULATED RESIDENTIAL & COMMERCIAL AREA, DRAKE CONDUCTED BUSINESS FROM 1966 TO JAN 8, 1982, WHEN IT FILED IN BANKRUPTCY PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 7 (LIQUIDATION). DRAKE'S WASTE DISPOSAL PRACTICES & ON-SITE STORAGE PROBLEMS WERE KNOWN TO THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA (DER) FOR YRS. THE STATE ENTERED A CONSENT ORDER WITH DRAKE ON APRIL 4, 1979. IN 1981, DRAKE FILED A PETITION FOR BANKRUPTCY UNDER CHAP. 11 (REORGANIZATION). ON JAN 5, 1982, DER ISSUED A CLEANUP ORDER BASED ON VIOLATION OF THE EARLIER ISSUED CONSENT ORDER. DRAKE TOOK NO CORRECTIVE ACTION, BUT IMMEDIATELY CONVERTED THE EXISTING CHAP. 11 BANKRUPTCY PETITION (REORGANIZATION) TO A CHAP. 7 BANKRUPTCY PETITION. ON FEB. 23, 1982, WHEN REGION III INSPECTORS ENTERED THE DRAKE FACILITY, AT THE REQUEST OF DER, THEY OBSERVED APPROX. 1,700 LEAKING, DECAYING DRUMS OF PROCESS WASTE WATER & SLUDGES. EPA & DER OFFI- CIALS ACTIVATED SUPERFUND FOR AN EMERGENCY REMOVAL ACTION, AFTER ORAL NOTIFICATION TO DRAKE'S PRES., ERNEST DION. APPROX $850,000 HAS BEEN EXPENDED BY SUPERFUND FOR CLEANUP AT DRAKE FACILITY. REGIO