**LOUISIANA-PACIFIC CORPORATION (LP) OWNS AND OPERATES NUMEROUS WOOD PROCESSING AND PRODUCT MANUFACTURING FACILITIE S THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES, INCLUDING THE URANIA, LA FACILITY THAT IS THE SUBJECT OF THIS LITIGATION REPORT. FOLLOWING SEVERAL YEARS OF LITIGATION IN REGIONS V AND VIII, A CITIZEN COMPLAINT FROM REGION IV, AND GROWING AWARENESS WITHIN EPA OF A PATTERN OF VIOLATIONS AND PROBLEMS AT SEVERAL OF LP'S PLANTS, EPA'S OFFICE OF AIR AND RADIATION DECIDED TO SUBJECT LP TO A COMPLIANCE CHECK. THIS WAS ACCOMPLISHED THROUGH LETTERS SENT TO LP UNDER THE AUTHORITY OF SECTION 114 FO THE CAA. ** DURING THE EVALUATION OF INFORMATION OBTAINED FROM LP'S RESP ONSES TO THE SECTION 114 LETTERS, EVIDENCE OBTAINED FROM STATE FILES, AND THE RESULTS OBTAINED FROM THE ABOVE-REFEREN CED COMPLIANCE TESTING CONDUCTED IN FEBRUARY - APRIL 1992, IS BECAME EVIDENT THAT THE MEDIUM DENSITY FIBERBOARD (MDF) PLANT THAT WAS NEARING COMPLETION AT URANIA HAD VIOLATED THE CAA. IN PARTICULAR, THE URANIA LP MDF FACILITY WAS CONSTRUCTED WITHOUT A PSD PERMIT REQUIRED BY PART C OF TITLE I OF THE ACT AND THE FEDERALLY-ENFORCEABLE SIP FOR LOUISIANA. *** REGION 6 WOULD REQUEST THAT THE U.S. DOJ FILE A CIVIL COMPLAINT AGAINST LP SEEKING CIVIL P