ILLINOIS
    POLLUTION
    CONTROL
    BOARD
    March
    28,
    1974
    TUCK
    INDUSTRIES,
    INC.
    )
    )
    Petitioner,
    )
    )
    vs.
    )
    PCB
    73—477
    ENVIRONPENTAL
    PROTECTION
    AGENCY,
    Respondent.
    OPINION AND ORDER OF ThE BOARD (by Mr. Seaman):
    This
    is
    a
    Petition for
    Variance filed
    by
    Tuck
    Industries,
    Inc.
    (hereinafter
    “Petitioner”)
    with
    the
    Environmental
    Protection
    Agency
    (hereinafter “Agency”).
    Petitioner filed its request for Variance with the Agency on
    November 13, 1973.
    Petitioner’s facility is located in Carbondale,
    Jackson County, Illinois.
    At this facility, Petitioner produces
    various
    types of
    pressure sensitive
    tapes
    including masking tape
    and certain speciality
    tapes.
    The
    subject of
    this Variance is the
    No. 40 coating machine which produces masking tape
    and
    the No.
    1
    coating
    machine vth.icIj.produces
    various
    types
    of speciality
    tapes.
    Masking
    tape
    is
    produced
    in
    a
    continuous
    process,
    three
    shifts
    per
    24-hour
    day.
    The
    No.
    1
    coating machine which
    produces
    speciality
    tapes
    is
    operated
    8
    hours
    per
    day,
    3-7
    days
    per
    week
    and
    50
    weeks
    per
    year.
    Emissions
    from
    these machines
    consists of
    hydrocarbons
    ~ahich
    exceced
    the
    standard
    set
    forth in Rule
    205(f)
    of thapter 2,
    Part Ii of the Regulations of the Pollution Control Board.
    ?etitioner originally requested a Variance to February 28, 1975,
    fc
    oating machine No. 40 and to
    December
    31, 1974, for coating
    machine No.
    1 to conduct research and to develop an alternative
    control system.
    However, at a public hearing on
    the
    Petition on January 7, 1974,
    the Petitioner stipulated and amended
    its
    Petition so that the
    Variance request for
    coating machine
    No.
    40
    is
    now
    December
    31, 1974
    and the Variance request for coating machine No.
    1 is
    now
    July 31, 1974
    (R.
    19).
    The Petitioner however reserved its right to request another
    variance for unforeseen contingencies or
    hardships
    that may
    develop
    ~)
    -2-
    between now and the July 31, 1974 date.
    rf any such contingencies
    arise they may request an extension to
    and
    including December
    31
    1974,
    for the No.
    1 coater
    (R.
    19).
    During the course of the Agency
    investigation, citizens
    were interviewed concerning odors from Petitioner’s facility.
    Those interviewed indicated that an objectionable odor emanates
    from
    this plant.
    ~(owever,
    none who were interviewed objected to
    giving Petitioner additional
    time to control
    its emissions.
    Agency
    representatives noted toluene odors
    on top of Petitioner’s plant
    whe~emi’ssions
    are exhausted to the atmosphere.
    When interviewing
    cit
    ens,
    the Agency representative observed these odors
    at or near
    the residences
    of people being interviewed.
    Petitioner has submitted several
    documents to show the un-
    availability of natural
    gas to control emissions from coating machines
    40 and
    1.
    An alternative control
    program which will achieve compliance
    without utilizing scarce fuels should be embarked upon when gas
    is
    unavailable.
    Petitioner’s compliance program includes
    a carbor~
    absorption system for machine
    No. 40 costing $250,O00 and an afterourner
    for machine No.
    1 costing $40,000.
    The Agency recommends
    that this Variance be granted, allowing
    Petitioner to
    utilize control methods not requiring scarce gas.
    This Opinion constitutes
    the findings of fact and conclusions
    of
    law of the Board.
    IT
    IS THE ORDER of the Pollution Control
    Board that Petitioner
    be granted a Variance from the compliance date for Rule 205(f)
    until
    July 31,
    1974, for coating machine
    No.
    1 and until
    December 31, 1974
    for coating machine No.
    40 subject to the following conditions:
    a.
    Within thirty days of the date of this Order
    and continuing quarterly thereafter, Petitioner
    shall
    subinit
    progress reports
    to:
    Illinois Environmental
    Protection Agency,
    Division of Air Pollution Control,
    Program Coordinator, 2200 Churchill
    Road, Springfield,
    Illinois.
    Said reports shall
    indicate progress made
    toward completing
    the control
    program for coating
    machines No,
    1 and 40.
    b.
    Within fifty days of the date of this Order,
    Petitioner shall
    submit
    a performance bond in the amount
    of $50,000 to~
    Illinois Environmental Protection Agency,
    Fi~scal Services, 2200 Churchill
    Road,
    Springfield,
    Illinois.
    Said bond shall
    be designed
    to insure installation of
    an adequate control
    system on coating machine No.
    1
    by
    July 31, 1974 and on coating machine
    No.
    40 by December
    31,
    1974.
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    —
    890
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    c.
    Petitioner shall diligently pursue development
    of alternative methods
    of control should gas be unavailable.
    d.
    Petitioner shall
    apply for all necessary construction
    and operating permits from the Agency pursuant to
    Rules
    103 and 104 of Chapter 2, Part
    I
    of the Regulations of the
    Pollution Control Board.
    I,
    Christan
    L.
    Moffett, Clerk of the Illinois Pollution
    Control Board, certify that the above Opinion a d Order was
    adopted
    on this
    ~
    day of
    _____________________,
    1974
    by
    a vote of
    ~—o
    11
    —69!

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