MR & MRS DALE DICKERSON OWN AN APPROX 18-ACRE PIECE OF LAND IN ANNAPOLIS, MD, AND FOR SEVERAL YEARS MR. DICKERSON WAS PAID FOR ALLOWING WASTE TO BE DUMPED THERE IN A RAVINE. THE DUMPING SITE WAS NEVER PERMITTED BY THE STATE OF MARYLAND, & MARYLAND WAS UNSUCCESSFUL IN FORCING MR. DICKERSON TO CEASE OPERATIONS & CLEAN UP THE SITE. HOWEVER MR. DICKERSON PLED GUILTY IN A STATE PROCEED- ING TO DISPOSING OF HAZARDOUS WASTE AT THE SITE. => IN JUNE 1982, MD REQUESTED EPA'S ASSISTANCE. EPA INSPECTED THE SITE IN OCT. 82, OBSERVED DRUMS OF WASTE & 5 GAL PAILS OF MARINE PAINTS ON THE SITE & DETERMINED THAT THE SITE SHOULD BE INCLUDED ON THE CERCLA NATIONAL PRIORITIES LIST. => ADDITIONALLY, EPA FOUND ELEVATED LEVELS OF LEAD, CYANIDE, ARSENIC, & CADMIUM, AS WELL AS OTHER HEAVY METALS & ORGANIC CHEMICALS IN THE SITE. IN APRIL 1983 EPA DETERMINED THAT THE SITE POSED AN IMMINENT ENDANGERMENT TO NEARBY RESIDENTS & TO NEARBY WATER RESOURCES, SINCE MANY OF THE DRUMS OF WASTE HAD RECENTLY BEEN CRUSHED & THEIR CONTENTS SPILLED. APPROVAL FOR EXPENDITURE OF SUPERFUND MONIES AT THE SITE WAS NOT RECEIVED UNTIL JUNE 24, 1983. WORK BEGAN THE NEXT DAY & CONTINUED THROUGH DECEMBER 1983. SITE RESPONSE ACTIVITIES INCLUDED: REMOVAL & DISPOSAL OF 610 TONS OF CONTAMINATED SOIL,WASTE PAILS,TIRES & 68 DRUMS.