SECTION 113 VIOLATION OF STATE IMPLEMENTATION PLAN REGULA- 3/21 - SECTION 113 CONFERENCE TO BE CONDUCTED. TIONS FOR COKE BATTERIES NOS. 1 & 2. - CHARGING, OFFTAKES, DOORS - UNDERFIRE STACK-EQUIVALENT VISIBLE EMISSION LIMITATION (EVEL) I. SYNOPSIS OF THE CASE BETHLEHEM STEEL CORPORATION ( BETHLEHEM STEEL OR THE CORPORATION ) IS AN INTEGRATED STEEL PRODUCER ENGAGED PRI- MARILY IN THE MANUFACTURE OF STEEL AND STEEL PRODUCTS. COR- PORATE HEADQUARTERS ARE LOCATED IN BETHLEHEM, PENNSYLVANIA. IN 1985, THE CORPORATION HAD GROSS SALES IN EXCESS OF FIVE BILLION DOLLARS, AND A NET WORK JUST UNDER ONE BILLION DOL- LARS. HOWEVER, DUE TO DEPRESSED STEEL PRICES AND WEAK DE- MAND, THE CORPORATION HAS EXPERIENCED NET LOSSES OF $115,600 600,000 FROM JANUARY THROUGH JUNE 1986. THE CORPORATION EM- PLOYS A TOTAL OF 44,500 PERSONS. THE BURNS HARBOR, INDIANA PLANT IS ONE OF FIVE PLANTS WHICH PRODUCE STEEL PRODUCTS. (OTHER STEEL PRODUCTION PLANTS ARE LOCATED AT BETHLEHEM, JOHNSTOWN AND STEELTON, PENNSYLVANIA AND SPARROWS POINT, MARYLAND.) (ATTACHMENT I). THE FIRST STEP IN THE MANUFACTURE OF STEEL AT THE BURNS HARBOR PLANT IS THE PRODUCTION OF COKE FROM COAL. THIS IS DONE BY DESTRUCTIVE DISTILLATION, IN THE ABSENCE OF OXYGEN, IN A CYCLE OF APPROXIMATELY 22 HOURS A