MODIFICATIONS WERE CONDUCTED AT MT. STORM PLANT IN WV. VIRGINIA ELECTRIC & POWER CO., THE OWNER/OPERATOR, FAILED TO OBTAIN REQUIRED PERMITS UNDER FEDERAL & STATE LAWS PRIOR TO CONSTRUCTING THE MODIFICATIONS & FAILED TO INSTALL REQUIRED CONTROL TECHNOLOGY WHEN MODIFICATIONS WERE MADE. 4/24/01: THIS REFERRAL SUPPLEMENTS THE APRIL, 2000 REFERRAL REGARDING VEPCO'S MOUNT STORM, WV FACILITY. THIS SUPPLEMENT SUPPLEMENTAL REFERRAL ALLEGES THAT FOUR ADDITIONAL VEPCO FACILITIES IN VIRGINIA VIOLATED BOTH THE PSD REQUIREMENTS OF THE CAA DN THE IDENTICAL REQUIREMENTS OF THE VA. STATE IMPLEMENTATION PLAN (SIP). THESE FOUR (4) ADDITIONAL FACILITIES, ALONG W/3 OTHER VEPCO GENERATING STATIONS IN VA. AND WV, ARE PART OF A NEGOTIATED SETTLEMENT OF THE U.S.'S CIVIL JUDICIAL ENFORCEMENT ACTION FOR THE VEPCO MT. STORM FACILITY. THIS NEGOTIATED AGREEMENT WILL BE INCLUDED IN A JUDICIAL CONSENT DECREE. THE SUPPLEMENTAL REFERRAL ALLEGES THAT VEPCO'S 4 FACILITIES MADE MAJOR MODIFICATIONS TO THEIR BOILERS, RESULTIN IN A SIGNIFCANT NET EMISSIONS INCREASE IN NOX, SO2, AND PM, WITHOUT EVER OBTAINING A PSD PERMIT OR COMPLYING WITH THE OTHER REQUIREMENTS AT 40 C.F.R. SECTION 52.21, WHICH INCLUDE INSTALLATION OF BEST AVAILABLE CONTROL TECHNOLOGY. THE SUPPLEMENTAL REFERRAL ASKS DOJ TO OBTAIN THE INJUNCTIVE AND PENALTY RELIEF NEGOTIATED IN THE CONSENT DECREE.