3/24/00: ON MARCH 14, 2000, REGION VII REFERRED FOR CIVIL L ITIGATION PREMIUM STANDARD FARMS, INC. FOR VIOLATIONS OF THE RELEASE REPORTING REQUIREMENTS OF SECTION 103 OF CERCLA AND SECTION 304 OF EPCRA, 42 U.S.C. a 11004, AS WELL AS OF THE TOXIC CHEMICAL RELEASE REPORTING REQUIREMENTS OF SECTION 313 OF EPCRA, 42 U.S.C. a 11023. THE VIOLATIONS OF SECTION 103 OF CERCLA AND SECTION 304 OF EPARA ARE A RESULF OF PSF'S FA ILURE TO COMPLY WITH EMERGENCY NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS FOR EMISSIONS OF AMMONIA FROM TWELVE SEPARATE HOG FARMS LOCATED IN NORTHERN MISSOURI. THE VIOLATIONS OF SECTION 313 OF EPC RA ARE A RESULT OF PSF'S FAILURE TO TIMELY REPORT THE MANUFA CTURE OF NITRATE COMPOUNDS AT ITS MEAT PROCESSING FACILITY L OCATED IN MILAN, MISSOURI. THIS REFERRAL INVOLVES THE SAME DEFENDANT AND THE SAME FACILITIES IN LITIGATION PENDING IN T HE WESTERN DISTRICT OF MISSOURI, CITIZENS LEGAL ENVIRONMENTA L ACTION NETWORK, INC. AND UNITED STATES OF AMERICA V. PREMI UM STANDARD FARMS INC., CASE NO 97-6073-CV, IN WHICH THE UNI TED STATES WAS GRANTED LEAVE TO INTERVENE ON OCTOBER 8, 1999 3/13/02: CONSENT DECREE BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERIC A AND CITIZENS LEGAL ENVIRONMENTAL ACTION NETWORK, INC. AND PREMIUM STANDARD FARMS, INC AND CONTINENTAL GRAIN COMPANY, INC. CONSENT DECREE LODGED WITH THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF MISSOURI CASE NO. 97-6073-CV-SJ-6 AND CASE NO. 98-6099-CV-W-6.