I LLINO S
POLLUT TON
CONTROL
BOART)
September
6,
1973
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ALLIED
CHEMICAL
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)
V.
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PCB
73-382
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ENVIRONMENTAL
PROTECTION
AGENCY
)
OPINION
AND
ORDER
OF
TIlE
BOARD
(by
Mr.
Dume Lie)
Motion of Allied Chemical filed September
5,
1973
asks
br
a “Not Subject to Disclosure1’ designation of
its
Exhibit
No.
2
enclosed with its variance petition.
Petitioner alleges that its “processes employed in many
respects constitutes trade secrets
and concern manufacturing pro-
cesses which are proprietary and confidential
in nature;
and
the public disclosure
of which would
result in irreparable loss,
damage
or injury to
the petitioner hereih.”
In accordance with prior
Board rulings on matters
of
this
nature
the
petitioner
must
under
Procedural
Rule
107 (c)
show
the
existence
of
a
trade
secret
and
the
fact
that
the
manufacturing
nrocesses
are and have been treated as confidential.
The
Board
will
issue
a
“Conditional
Non-Disclosure”
designation
for Exhibit
No.
2
but
petitioner
must
within
35
days
submit
a showing sufficient
to
mc
ct
the
requirements
of
the
Act
and
the
Procedural
Rules
See
~LA
v.
Village
of
Augusta and Dennis Food Company,
6
PCB
135;
Olir~ Corporation
v.
EPA,
5
PCB
131;
EPA
v.
Myst:i.k
Tape,
5
PCB
363,
EPA
v.
Benjamin
harris
and
Company,
5
PCB
351;
EPA
v.
Peabody
Coal Company,
5
PCB
711.
ORDER
1.
Petitioner shall within
35
days
froni
date
of
this
Opinion
submit materials sufficient
to show
the
existence
of
trade
secrets
and
proprietary
and
confidential
manufacturing
processes
and the fact that
they
are and have been treated
as confidential.
The submission shall he made by
an
officer
of the company authorized to speak for the company
in
these
matters.
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225
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2.
Exh:i.bit
No.
2
of
the
petition
shall
receive
a
“Conditional
Non-Disclosure”
designation
and be
so treated for
35 days
from
this
date.
IT
IS
SO
CRI)ERE1).
Mr.
Odeil abstains.
I,
Christan
L.
Mo:Hett,
Clerk
of
the
Illino:i~s Pollution Control
Board,
he roby
cc rtifv
t lie
above
Opinion
and
Order
were
adopted
on
the
~~day
of
September,
1973
by
a
vote
of
~
Christan L.
Moffett,
rk
Illinois Pollution
C
rol Board
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226