ON 3/22/2001, REPRESENTATIVES FOR ARCHER DANIELS MIDLAND WROTE TO ERIC SCHAEFFER, DIRECTOR, OFFICE OF REGULATORY ENFORCEMENT, AND COMMITTED TO ENTER INTO SETTLEMENT NEGOTIATIONS WITH EPA AND RELEVANT STATES TO OBTAIN PSD/NSR RELEASED IN EXCHANGE FOR POLLUTION CONTROLS AT SIGNIFICANT EMISSION SOURCES. DOJ, ON BEHALF OF EPA, HAS ENTERED INTO NEGOTIATIONS WITH ADM. THE PARTIES, INCLUDING 16 STATE AND REGIONAL AIR AUTHORITIES, ARE WORKING TOWARD A NATIONAL SETTLEMENT AND COMPREHENSIVE CONSENT DECREE AND WILL BE FILED ALONG WITH A CIVIL JUDICIAL COMPLAINT. ADM'S 3 FACILITIES IN NORTH DAKOTA WILL BE INCLUDED IN THIS SETTLEMENT.