CASE INVOLVES VIOLATION OF NSPS FOR LEAD-ACID BATTERY MANUFACTURING PLANTS. 40 CFR PART 60, SUBPART KK AT DEFENDANT'S PLANT IN WARRENSBURG, MO. BASED ON DEFENDANT'S RESPONSE TO SECTION 114 ORDER ISSUED BY THE REGION, THERE ARE 17 AFFECTED FACILITIES AT THE WARRENSBURG PLANT WHICH ARE SUBJECT TO NSPS SUBPART KK. OF THOSE 17 FACILITIES, DEFANDANT HAS FAILED TO CONDUCT INITIAL PERFORMANCE TESTING ON 5 OF THE FACILITIES AS REQUIRED BY THE REGS, TO DEMONSTRATE COMPLIANCE WITH THE LEAD EMISSION STANDARDS. COMPLIANCE TESTING ON SEVEN OF THE OTHER 12 AFFECTED FACILITIES WAS CONDUCTED WELL BEYOND THE TIME REQUIRED BY THE REGS. THIS CASE IS PART OF THE NATIONAL MULTI-MEDIA LEAD INTIATIVE.