NATURE OF THE CASE ON JUNE 17, 1982, REGN 2 ISSUED A NOTICE OF VIOLA- TION TO SUPERIOR FOR EMITTING VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS IN EXCESS OF THE MAX PERMITTED UNDER THE APPLICABLE NEW YORK STATE REGULATION, SEC. 228.1, TITLE 6, OFFICIAL COM- PILATION OF CODES, RULES AND REGULATIONS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK ( NYCRR ). SUPERIOR OPERRATES A MANUFACTURING PLANT IN COLLEGE POINT, NEW YORK AT WHICH COATINGS ARE APPLIED TO METAL FURNITURE. THE SUPERIOR METAL FURNITURE COATING PLANT IS A MAJOR SOURCE OF VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS ( VOC ). AS YOU KNOW, VOC EMISSIONS ARE PRECURSORS TO THE CREATION OF PHOTOCHEMICAL OXIDANTS AND OZONE. QUEENS COUNTY, THE COUNTY IN WHICH THE SUPERIOR FACILITY IS LOCATED, IS AN AREA NOT ATTAINING THE PRIMARY HEALTH-RELATED STANDARD FOR OZONE (40 CFR SEC81.333), SO WE ARE PARTICULARLY CON- CERNED ABOUT VOC COMPLIANCE IN THIS AREA AND IN THE NEW YORK METROPOLITAN AREA GENERALLY. THE COATINGS USED CONTAIN CERTAIN ORGANIC SOLVENTS; THE COATING PROCESS IS THEREFORE SUBJECT TO THE REQUIRE- MENTS OF 6 NYCRR PART 228, A PORTION OF THE NEW YORK IMPLEMENTATION PLAN. THE MAXIMUM PERMISSIBLE SOLVENT CONTENT OF COATINGS IS SET FORTH IN TABLE I OF THE REG- ULATION; METAL FURNITURE COATING OPERATIONS MAY NOT EX- CEED A SOLVENT CONTENT OF 3.0 POUNDS O