OCCIDENTAL CHEMICAL CORPORATION ( OCCIDENTAL ) OPERATES A CHEMICAL MANUFACTURING FACILITY IN TAFT/ HAHNVILLE, LA. (THE OCCIDENTAL FACILITY ) INVOLVED IN THE MANUFACTURE OF CHLO- RINE UTILIZING ASBESTOS DIAPHRAGM TECHNOLOGY, WHICH IS SUB- JECT TO THE EMISSIONS AND WORK PRACTICE STANDARDS OF THE NATIONAL EMISSION STANDARDS FOR HAZARDOUS AIR POLLUTANTS FOR ASBESTOS, CODIFIED AT 40 C.F.R. PART 61, SUBPART M ( ASBES- TOS NESHAPS ). THIS OPERATION UTILIZES A BAG HOUSE TYPE OF EMISSIONS CONTROL DEVICE FOR THE PURPOSE OF ELIMINATING AS- BESTOS EMISSIONS FROM THE WORK ENVIRONMENT DURING OPERATIONS INVOLVING HANDLING AND USE OF ASBESTOS. ON NOV. 21 AND 22, 1991, INSPECTORS WITH EPA AND THE LOUIS- IANA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY (LDEQ) CONDUCTED A JOINT INSPECTION OF THE OCCIDENTAL FACILITY, TO DETERMINE COMPLAINCE WITH NSPS STANDARDS, NESHAP REGULATIONS, EXISTING PERMIT RESTRICTIONS, AND THE LOUISIANA STATE IMPLEMENTATION PLAN. RELEVANT TO THIS ACTION, THE INSPECTORS INSPECTED THE PORTIONS OF THE FACILITY, INVOLVING THE HANDLING AND USE OF ASBESTOS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF CHLORINE, WHICH ARE POTENTIAL SOURCES OF ASBESTOS EMISSIONS. THE INSPECTION REVEALED THAT RECORDS REQUIRED TO BE KEPT OF OBSERVATIONAL MONITORING IN THE AREA OF POTENTIAL ASBESTOS WERE NOT AVAILABLE AT THE FACILITY. THE INSPECTION ALSO REVEALED THAT RECORDS OF IN- SPECTIONS OF THE EMISSION CONTROL DEVICE WERE NOT AVAILABLE AT THE FACILITY.