ON JULY 5, 2000, REGION III SENT TO THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTIC JUSTICE A REFERRAL ALLEGING CLEAN AIR ACT VIOLATIONS BY WAL-MART STORES, INC., AT FOUR SAM'S CLUB STORES IT RUNS IN WEST VIRGINIA AND PENNSYLVANIA. SPECIFICALLY, EPA ALLEGES THAT SAM'S CLUB SOLD REGULATED OZONE-DEPLETING REFRIGERANTS TO A PERSON WHO WAS NOT CERTIFIED TO PURCHASE THOSE REFRIGERANTS. THE REFERRAL, WHICH IS PART OF A NATIONAL INITIATIVE AGAINST WAL-MART, REQUESTS THAT DOJ SEEK A PENALTY OF $100,8000 FOR THE FOUR VIOLATIONS OF SECTION 608(A) OF THE CLEAN AIR ACT (ACT)(42 U.S.C. SECTION 7671G), AND 40 C.F.R. SECTION 82.154(M).