Jack owns land located outside Oklahoma City. Jack sells the land to Dump-It, Inc., which establishes a hazardous waste disposal facility at the site. Dump-It accepts only waste transported by Deliver-Me Company exclusively from Consolidated Industries, Inc. Several years later, Dump-It closes its facility and sells the land to Buy-This Corporation, which builds a Buy-This Discount Store on the site. Meanwhile, some of OKC's citizens complain to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) that OKC's municipal water supply is polluted. The EPA investigates and discovers that the sources of the pollution are leaks of hazardous waste from what is now the Buy-This property. The EPA cleans up the site.
A) Who can be held liable for the cost of cleaning up the site?
B) What standards must OKC meet regarding the water?
C) Explain your answers thoroughly.