THIS IS A JUDICIAL ACTION IN WHICH EPA SEEKS PENALTIES AND INJUNCTIVE RELIEF AGAINST FOSTER DAIRY FARMS FOR VIOLATIONS OF EPCRA AND ITS REGULATIONS. FOSTER DAIRY FARMS OWNS SEVERAL DAIRY FACILITIES IN THE FRESNO AND MODESTO AREAS OF CALIFORNIA. THESE FACILITIES RELEASE A NUMBER OF TOXIC RELEASE INVENTORY CHEMICALS, INCLUDING AMMONIA, NITRIC ACID, AND PHOSPHORIC ACID. THESE CHEMICALS OCCUR IN QUANTITIES ABOVE THE REPORTING THRESHOLD LIMITS. ALTHOUGH FOSTER FARMS HAS BEEN IN CONTINUOUS COMMERCIAL OPERATION FOR MANY YEARS, NO FOSTER FARMS FACILITY HAD EVER FILED AN EPCRA FORM R UNTIL AFTER EPA BEGAN ITS INVESTIGATION IN 1997.