RICHARDS INDUSTRIES VIOLATED THE TESTING REPORTING AND NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE CHROME PLATING NESHAP. (SEE S-8). ON APRIL 16, 1998, REGION 5 OF THE U.S. EPA ISSUED A FINDING OF VIOLATION (FOV) TO RICHARDS INDUSTRIES, INC., UNDER THE AUTHORITY OF SECTION 113(A)(3) OF THE CLEAN AIR ACT (CAA). THE FOV ALLEGED THAT RICHARDS INDUSTRIES HAD VIOLATED THE NESHAP FOR CHROMIUM EMISSIONS FROM HARD AND DECORATIVE CHROMIUM ELECTROPLATING AND CHROMIUM ANODIZING TANKS (CHROME PLATING NESHAP), WHICH IS CODIFIED AT 40 C.F.R. PART 63.340-347. RICHARDS INDUSTRIES WAS SPECIFI- CALLY CITED FOR THE FOLLOWING VIOLATIONS. 1. FAILURE TO NOTIFY U.S. EPA OF RICHARDS INDUSTRIES' INTENTION TO CONDUCT A PERFORMANCE TEST 60 DAYS BEFORE THE TEST WAS SCHEDULED TO BEGIN. 40 C.F.R. 63.347(D)(1). 2. FAILURE TO CONDUCT AN INITIAL PERFORMANCE TEST WITHIN 180 DAYS OF THE JANUARY 25, 1997 COMPLIANCE DATE FOR HARD CHROMIUM ELECTROPLATING TANKS. 40 C.F.R. 63.343(B)(1) AND 63.7(A)(2). 3. FAILURE TO CONDUCT AN INITIAL PERFORMANCE TEST CONSIST- ING OF THREE SEPARATE TEST RUNS. 40 C.F.R. 63.343(B)(1) AND 63.7(E)(3). 4. FAILURE TO SUBMIT A COMPLETE REPORT OF PERFORMANCE TEST RESULTS. 40 C.F.R. 63.347(F)(2) AND 63.344(A). FOLLOWING RECEIPT OF THE FOV, RICHAR