ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD

December 13, 1979

OLIN CORPORATION,

Petitioner,

)

PCB 79—234

ENVIRONMENTAL

PROTECTION

AGENCY,

)

Respondent.

ORDER OF THE BOARD

(by Dr.

Satchell):

It is the Order of the Pollution Control Board that Pet-

itioner, Olin Corporation,

is granted a

variance from Rules 104,

203(e)

and

206(b)

of Chapter 2:

Air Pollution Control

Regula-

tions,

subject to the following conditions:

1.

The variance shall expire one year from the date

of

this Order or upon the adoption by the

oard of a

final Order in R78—9, whichever

comes

first,

2.

The variance shall

apply only to existing

explosive

waste incinerators located in Williamson

County in

Section

3,

T.

9 S.,

R,

2 B. of the Third

Principal

Meridian.

3,

The incinerators shall burn explosives or explosive

contaminated waste exclusively.

4.

Each incinerator shall burn 500 lbs. (227 kg)

of waste

per hour or less.

5,

All incinerators on the site shall operate a total of

six hours or less

in any day.

6,

The incinerators shall emit particulate matter

into the

atmosphere at a rate less than or equal to 50.0 grains

per pound

(7140 mg/kg)

of combined waste and

auxiliary

fuel burned,

7~ As soon as practicable Petitioner shall hold a

hearing

in conjunction with the Environmental Protection

Agency

(Agency)

to receive public comment on whether this

variance should be approved by the Administrator

of

the United States Environmental Protection

Agency as

a revision to the Illinois Implementation Plan.

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8.

The hearing shall

be

held only after proper notice

has been given pursuant to 40 C,F.R. §51.4,

9.

This variance will expire forty—two days after the

ceived,

10,

Petitioner shall

apply

to the Agency for an operating

the date of this Order,

11.

Within forty-five days of the date of this Order,

Petitioner shall execute and forward to the Illinois

Environmental Protection Agency, Variance Section,

2200 Churchill Road,

Springfield, Illinois 62706,

a

Certificate of Acceptance and Agreement to be bound

to all terms and conditions of this variance.

This

forty-five day period shall be held in abeyance for

any period

this matter is

being appealed.

The form

of the Certificate shall be as follows:

CERTIFICATION

I,

(We),

,

having read

and fully~~?an

in.

~rin~B7-234,

hereby

accept that Order and

agree

to be bound by all of its terms

arid conditions,

SIGNED

__________________________

TITLE

____________________________

DATE

____________________________

I, Christan L.

Moffett, Clerk of the Illinois Pollution

Control Board, he eby certify

the

above Order was adopted on the

________

day of

~

1979

by a vote of

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