5/16/01: ON MAY 2, 2001, REGION VII SENT A REFERRAL PACKAGE TO DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE FOR VIOLATIONS OF THE CLEAN AIR AC T BY DEFENDANT NATIONAL COOPERATIVE REFINERY ASSOCIATION (NC RA). NCRA IS A COOPERATIVE WHICH OPERATES A REFINERY IN COF FEYVILLE, KANSAS. IN NOVEMBER 1999, NCRA NOTIFIED EPA AND K ANSAS DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT (KDHE) OF IT VOLU NTARY SELF-DISCLOSURE OF POTENTIAL VIOLATIONS OF SECTIONS 11 0 AND 111 OF THE CLEAN AIR ACT, 42 U.S.C. aa 7410 AND 7411, PARTICULARLY THE NEW SOURCE REVIEW AND PREVENTION OF SIGNIFI CANT DETERIORATION (PSD) REGULATIONS AT K.A.R. 28-19-17A (IN CORPORATING 40 C.F.R. a 52.21), AND THE NEW SOURCE PERFORMAN CE STANDARDS (NSPS) AT 40 C.F.R. PART 60. NCRA DISCLOSED TH AT THE VIOLATIONS WERE DISCOVERED THROUGH A SELF-AUDIT PROCE SS, BUT THAT FURTHER REVIEW WAS NEEDED TO SORT OUT THE POTEN TIAL VIOLATIONS AND HISTORICAL DATA. NCRA SUBMITTED ITS SEL F-AUDIT REPORT TO EPA AND KDHE ON SEPTEMBER 19, 2000. EPA, KDHE, AND NCRA HAVE RECENTLY MADE SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS TOWARD REACHING AGREEMENT ON COMPLIANCE WITH RESPECT TO THE VIOLATIONS. A FOLLOW-UP MEETING BETWEEN EPA'S, KDHE'S, AND NCRA'S TECHNICAL STAFF IS SCHEDULED FOR MAY 15, 2001. P ATRICK FOLEY, EPA REGION 3, WILL ATTEND THIS MEETING. MR. F OLEY HAS BEEN INVOLVED WITH THE NATIONAL REFINERY SETTLEMENT S AT EPA HEADQUARTERS. A PRE-MEETING BETWEEN TECHNICAL AND LEGAL STAFF OF KDHE AND EPA, INCLUDING MR. FOLEY, WILL OCCUR ON MAY 14, 2001. EPA PREVIOUSLY RE