DUMPING ON OVITZ'S SITE: IS AREA IN JEOPARDY OVER WASTE?

          The Carson, CA, site that Michael Ovitz wants to build
     an NFL stadium on "is tainted by an incredibly tangled
     ownership history and is filled with a messy combination of
     contaminants," according to Ted Johnson of LOS ANGELES
     magazine.  Apparently, "an estimated 1.2 million gallons of
     solvents, oil-drilling mud and tank-bottom residue were
     dumped there as late as the 1960s," and while past
     developers have tried to build on the site, all attempts
     have "stalled" as they had to come up with $26M to pay for a
     state-supervised cleanup.  Johnson writes, "Looks like
     Ovitz's legendary 'packaging' skills will come in handy
     after all" (LOS ANGELES, 7/98 issue).