10/20/99; THIS CASE IS BEING REFERRED AS PART OF A NATIONAL MULTI-REGIONAL, MULTI-MEDIA ENFORCEMENT ACTION AGAINST NUCOR. VIOLATIONS OF THE CAA AND RCRA HAVE BEEN DOCUMENTED AT THE NUCOR FACILITY; HOWEVER, THE STATE OF NEBRASKA HAS INDICATED THAT IT WILL PURSUE THE CLEAN AIR ACT VIOLATIONS. NEBRASKA HAS ALSO AGREED THAT EPA SHOULD REFER THE RCRA VIOLATIONS TO THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE. EPA REGIONS VI, VII AND VIII, ALONG WITH EPA HEADQUARTERS AND DOJ STAFF HAVE BEEN PARTICIPATING IN WEEKLY CONFERENCE CALLS DURING WHICH THE STATUS OF THE CASE AND CASE STRATEGY IS DISCUSSED. BASED UPON DISCUSSIONS WITH HEADQUARTERS AND DOJ DURING THE COURSE OF THESE CALLS, EPA REGION VII IS PROVIDING A LETTER REFERRAL TO DOJ FOR THE RCRA VIOLATIONS AT THE NORFOLK FACILITY, SINCE DOJ ALREADY HAS AMPLE BACKGROUND INFORMATION ON NUCOR FROM MORE COMPLETE REFERRAL REPORTS FROM OTHER REGIONS.