EPA REQUESTS DOJ INITIATE ACTION AGAINST CONOCO FOR ITS VIOLATIONS OF NESHAP. ON 12/9/99 EPA ISSUED A COMPLIANCE ORDER REQUIRING THE CONOCO ASPHALT PLANT AND THE REFINERY TO COMPLY WITH THE REQUIREMENT AND TO DETERMINE FLARE TIP VELOCITY BY USING ACTUAL MEASUREMENTS. CONOCO NOTIFIED EPA ON 1/7/2000 THAT IT DID NOT INTEND TO CONDUCT THE PERFORMANCE TEST.