NOTICE OF VIOLATION. FORD RESPONDED TO EPA'S NOV BY STATING THAT ITS ALTERNATE COMPLIANCE PLAN FOR COMPLIANCE WITH THE VOC REGULATION FOR AUTO COATING HAD BEEN APPROVED BY MISSOURI. FORD ARGUES THAT THEY ARE THEREFORE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE SIP. THE REGION'S POSITION IS THAT FORD HAS NOT DEMONSTRA- TED COMPLIANCE WITH THE ALTERNATE PLAN, AND IT IS NOT PART OF THE SIP UNTIL APPROVED BY EPA. A RECENT CASE IN OHIO (U.S. V. DIVERSITECH) INDICATES THAT ALTERNATE PLANS APPROVED BY A STATE BECAME PART OF THE SIP UPON STATE APPROVAL. OECM IS CONSIDERING WHETHER TO REQUEST HEARING. THIS IS A CLEAN AIR ACT CASE WHICH ALLEGES FORD MOTOR COMPANY IS IN VIOLATION OF THE MISSOURI STATE IMPLEMENTATION PLAN (SIP) FOR VOCS (10 CSR 10-2.230) AT ITS KANSAS CITY ASSEMBLY PLANT. THIS PLANT HAS BOTH A TRUCK AND A CAR ASSEMBLY LINE AND PAINT BOOTHS FOR EACH, WHEREIN SOLVENTS EVAPORATE RELEASING VOCS. CALCULATIONS OF PRODUCTION DATA SUBMITTED BY FORD SHOWS VIOLATIONS OF THE VOC EMISSION LIMITS. FORD HAD SUBMITTED TO THE STATE AGENCY, PURSUANT TO THE REGULATION, AN ALTERNATE COMPLIANCE PLAN (ACP) WHICH ALLOWS FORDS TO BUBBLE ITS EMISSIONS FROM CERTAIN POINTS ON THE TWO POINT LINES. THE ACP DOES NOT COVER ALL REGULA- TED EMISSIONS FROM THE PLANT. ONE MAIN ISSUE IN THE CASE IS THE SIP. FORD PRESENTED CERTAIN DAT