SUNLAND REFINING CORPORATION OPERATES A OIL REFINING & MARKETING FACILITY NEAR BAKERSFIELD, CALIFORNIA WITHIN KERN COUNTY. KERN COUNTY IS A NONATTAINMENT AREA FOR OZONE AND DID NOT RECEIVE AN EXTENSION OF THE ATTAINMENT DATE. SUNLAND IS A NEVADA CORPORATION WHICH HAS MERGED WITH WORLD OIL CORP ORATION OF CALIFORNIA. SUNLAND'S BAKERSFIELD FACILITY RE- FINES AT LEAST 20,000 BARRELS PER DAY OF LOCALLY PRODUCED HEAVY CRUDE OIL. THEY DISTILL GASOLINE, DIESEL FUEL & HEAT- ING OIL WHICH ARE STORED IN LARGE BINS AND THEN LOADED INTO TRUCKS FOR TRANSPORT TO CONSUMERS. SUNLANDS GASOLINE FACIL- ITY HAS BEEN EMMITTING GASOLINE VAPORS FROM LIQUID AND VAPOR LEAKS IN VIOLATION OF LOCAL AIR QUALITY RULES. RULE 413 OF REGULATION IV, KERN COUNTY AIR POLLUTION CONTROL DISTRICT RULES AND REGULATIONS, REGULATES ORGANIC LIQUID LOADING. IT REQUIRES FACILITYS TO TAKE MEASURES TO PREVENT LIQUID DRAIN AGE FROM THE LOADING DEVICES AT SUCH FACILITIES.SUNLAND'S LOADING FACILITY LIES UNDER THE MEANING OF RULE 413. THE PLANT WAS INSPECTED ON JUNE 8 & 9TH BY EPA AND KERN COUNTY COUNTY INSPECTORS WHO FOUND GASOLINE LEAKS IN THE GASOLINE LOADING EQUIPMENT OF THE SUNLAND FACILITY. A NOTICE OF VIOLATION DATED JULY 22, 1983 WAS ISSUED TO SUNLAND BY EPA ON JULY 26, 1983. SUNLAND HAS SINCE STARTED AN INSPECTION PROGRAM AND MAINTANENCE OF THE LOADING RACKS BUT SEVERAL SUBSEQUENT INSPECTIONS OF THE FACILITY HAVE DE- TECTED MORE LEAKS. EPA REGION IX THEN IS