ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTRCL BOARD

January

8,

1987

CELOTEX CORPORATION

—

)

~UINCY PLANT,

Petitioner,

v.

)

PCB 87—3

ILLINOIS ENVIRONMENTAL

PROTECTION AGENCY,

Respondent.

OPINION AND ORDER

OF THE BOARD

(by J.D.

Duinelle):

This matter

conies before

the Board upon

a January

7,

1987

recommendation of the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency

(Agency)

that petitioner be granted

a 45—day provisional variance

from 35

Iii.

Adni.

Code 304.120(b)

in order

for petitioner

to

perform the necessary repairs

to

its primary clarifier at

its

wastewater

treatment facility

in Cuincy, Adams County,

Illinois.

The Agency has

found that compliance with Section

304.120(b)

on

a short—term basis would

impose

an arbitrary or

unreasonable hardship on petitioner

and recommends that

petitioner

be granted

provisional variance, subject

to

conditions.

The

Board agrees and hereby grants petitioner

a

45—

day provisional variance from 35 Ill. Adm. Code 304.120(b)

subject

to the following conditions:

1.

The provisional variance shall

commence on December

2,

1986

and terminate on January 15,

1987 or when the

primary clarifier

is returned

to

service, whichever

occurs

first.

2.

Petitioner

shall continue

to sample and analyze

its

discharge

as specified

in its NPDES permit 1L0003247.

3.

Petitioner

shall proceed with

its plans

to install

treatment unit bypasses by March

1, 1987.

4.

Petitioner

shall

repair

the primary clarifier

and return

the treatment facility

to operation as quickly as

possible.

5.

Petitioner

shall notify Pat Lindsey of the

Illinois

Environmental Protection Agency’s

Compliance Assurance

Section via telephone at 217/782—9720 when

the primary

clarifier

is returned

to service.

written verification

shall

be submitted within

5 days

to:

74-435

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Illinois Environmental Protection Agency

Division of Water

Pollution Control

Compliance Assurance Section

2200 Churchill Road

Springfield,

IL 62706

ATTN:

Pat Lindsey

6.

Within

10 days of the date

of the Board’s Order,

petitioner

shall execute

a Certificate of Acceptance and

Agreement which

shall

be sent to Mr.

James

Frost of

the

Agency at the address noted

in condition No.

5.

This

certificate shall have the

following form:

CERTIFICATION

Celotex Corporation

—

Quincy Plant hereby accepts and agrees

to

be bound

by all

the terms

and conditions of the Crder of the

Illinois Pollution Control Board

in PCB 87—3,

dated January

8,

1987.

Petitioner

Authorized Agent

¶itle

Date

IT

IS

SC ORDERED.

74-436

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I,

Dorothy

M.

Gunn,

Clerk of

the Illinois Pollution Control

Board,

hereby certify ,that the above Op~ion and Order was

adopted

on

the

_______________

day of

~

,

1987

by a vote

of

(~c

/

/h

Dorothy

N.

Gu n, Clerk

Illinois Pollution Control Board