THIS IS A CIVIL JUDICIAL REFERRAL AGAINST FOSTER POULTRY FARMS PURSUANT TO EPCRA SECTION 313 FOR FAILURE TO FILE FORM R. FOSTER IS THE OWNER OF NUMEROUS POULTRY PROCESSING FACILITIES IN CALIFORNIA AND OREGON. THESE FACILITIES PROCESS OR OTHERWISE USE A NUMBER OF LISTED CHEMICALS ABOVE THRESHOLD QUANTITIES. UNTIL EPA INITIATED AN INVESTIGATION OF FOSTER POULTRY FARMS IN 1997, NO FOSTER FACILITY APPEARS TO HAVE EVER FILED THE REQUIRED FORM R.