THIS REFERRAL REQUESTS DOJ TO FILE AN AMENDED COMPLAINT ON BEHALF OF EPA IN ITS CIVIL ACTION AGAINST GALLATIN STEEL COMPANY TO INCLUDE (OR FILE A SEPARATE COMPLAINT AGAINST HARSCO CORP. D/B/A HECKETT MULTISERV AS DEFENDANT AND ALLEGE ADDITIONAL ONGOING VIOLATIONS OF THE CAA. GALLATIN OPERATES A STEEL PLANT NEAR THE OHIO RIVER BETWEEN LOUISVILLE AND CINCINNATI IN GHENT, GALLATIN COUNTY, KY. HARSCO D/B/A HECKETT MULTISERV IS A SUPPORT FACILITY WHICH OPERATES A SLAG PROCESSING PLANT AT GALLATIN. DOJ HAS DETERMINED THAT A SEPARATE COMPALINT WILL BE FILED AGAINST HARSCO CORP. AS A RESULT OF EPA REGION 4'S DIRECT REFERRAL TO DOJ IN SEPTEMBER 1996, A COMPLAINT WAS FILED ON EPA'S BEHALF AGAINST GALLATIN IN THE U.S. DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF KY. EPA'S COMPLAINT AND PROPOSED CD WERE FILED SIMULTANEOUSLY IN 2/99. ON MAY 13, 99, LOCAL CITIZENS, VERNON, RICHARD, AND THOMAS ELLIS AND THEIR FAMILIES (WHO LIVE APPROX. 2 MILES FROM THE GALLATIN FACILITY, FILED ADVERSE COMMENTS TO THE PROPOSED CD, ALLEGING, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THAT HARMFUL FUGITIVE METALLIC DUST EMISSIONS WERE BEING EMITTED FROM GALLATIN'S STEEL MAKING OPERATION THAT WERE NOT ADDRESSED IN TEH CD. AT THE GOV'T'S REQUEST, THE CD IS CURRENTLY BEING HELD IN ABEYANCE TO ALLOW EPA TO INVESTIGATE THE ELLIS' CLAIMS AND TO