UNTIL 7/7/85, WSC WAS OPERATING UNDER A REVISED CD ENTER- ED INTO BETWEEN THE EPA, STATE OF WV & THE PREVIOUS OWNER OF THE FACILITY, NATIONAL STEEL CORP., WHICH INTER ALIA, IN- CLUDED A BUBBLE , ALLOWING WSC TO OPERATE CERTAIN EMISSION SOURCES AT THE FACILITY W/OUT INSTALLING ADDITIONAL POLLU- TION CONTROL TECHNOLOGY, IN EXCHANGE FOR THE OPERATION & MAINTENANCE OF A ROAD DUST CONTROL PROGRAM. BOTH REVISED CD & THE BUBBLE EXPIRED TO 7/7/85. WSC HAS REQUESTED THAT THE BUBBLE BE EXTENTENDED FOR AN ADDITIONAL 3 YEAR PERIOD. THE STATE OF WV HAS GRANTED WSC A 3 YEAR EXTENSION & HAS RE- QUESTED THAT THE WV SIP BE REVISED BY EPA TO INCLUDE THIS BUBBLE. HOWEVER, EPA HAS DETERMINED, BASED ON INFO FROM VAR- IOUS EMISSION MONITORS LOCATED BOTH ON & OFF THE FACILITY, THAT THE BUBBLE DOES NOT ACHIEVE COMPLIANCE W/THE PRIMARY NATIONAL AMBIENT AIR QUALITY STANDARD FOR PARTICULATE MAT- TER. ALTHOUGH EPA HAS TAKEN NO FORMAL ACTION TO DENY THE WV AIR POLLUTION CONTROL COMMISION & WSC THAT THE BUBBLE IS NOT APPROVABLE. EPA PLANS TO TAKE FORMAL ACTION TO DENY THE BUB- BLE IN THE NEAR FUTURE. SINCE 7/85 EPA HAS CONDUCTED SEVERAL INSPECTIONS AT THE WSC FACILITY TO DETERMINE COMPLIANCE W/THE WV SIP REGS FOR VISIBLE EMISSIONS OF PARTICULATE MATTER. VIOLATIONS OF THE REGS HAVE BEEN RECORDED AT THE NO. 1 & 3 BLAST FURNACE CAST HOUSES, BASIC OXYGEN FURNACE (BOF) SHOP SCRUBBER STACK, SCARFER STACK, NO. 2 SINTER WIND BOX ST