SEE DURALAB EQUIPMENT CORP.(02-83-E010) FOR APPLICABLE REGULATIONS. PERMA-STEEL OPERATES COATING FOR PAINTING METAL AND WOOD FURNITURE AT ITS PLANT IN BROOKLYN, NEW YORK. BASED ON A FEBRUARY 11, 1983 INSPECTION OF THE PERMA-STEEL PLANT, AND INFORMATION IN THE FILES OF THE NEW YORK CITY DIVISION OF AIR RESOURCES (NYCDAR), EPA HQ, REGION II, ISSUED NOTICE OF VIOLATION INDEX NO. 30215 TO PERMA-STEEL, CITING THE COMPA- NY'S FAILURE TO SUBMIT A COMPLIANCE PLAN DESIGNED TO LIMIT THE EMISSIONS OF VOC INTO THE AMBIENT AIR BY JAN.1, 1981, AS REQUIRED BY 6 NYCRR SECT. 228.1(B)(1), AS WELL AS ITS FAIL- URE TO ACHIEVE FINAL COMPLIANCE WITH THE APPLICABLE VOC EMISSION LIMIT BY JAN.1, 1982, AS REQUIRED BY 6 NYCRR SECT. 228.1(B)(2). AFTER REGION II'S INSPECTION ON FEB. 11, 1983, AT WHICH THE VIOLATION WAS DOCUMENTED, PERMA-STEEL DID MAKE INQUIRIES TO VARIOUS PAINT SUPPLIERS CONCERNING THE AVAILABILITY OF ALTERNATIVE METAL COATINGS WHICH COULD COMPLY WITH THE N.Y. SIP EMISSION LIMITATIONS AND MEET PERMA-STEEL'S SPECIFICA- TIONS. EPA MET WITH THE COMPANY ON MAY 17, 1983. AT THE MEETING, THE COMPANY RELATED THAT IT EXPECTED TO BE IN FULL COMPLIANCE WITH THE VOC EMISSION LIMITATIONS BY SEPT.1, 1983 PERMA-STEEL'S FACILITY IS LOCATED IN AN AREA THAT DOES NOT MEET THE PRIMARY (HEALTH-RELATED) STANDARD FOR OZONE. (VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND EMISSIONS AR