ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD

July 18, 1974

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY,

)

Complainant,

vs.

)

PCB 74—51

ALTON BOX BOARD COMPANY and

)

LACLEDE STEEL COMPANY,

)

Respondents.

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY,

Complainant,

vs.

PCB

73—61

ALTON

BOX

BOARD

COMPANY,

)

Respondent.

ALTON

BOX

BOARD

COMPANY,

Petitioner,

vs.

PCB

74.~5

ENVIRONMENTAL

PROTECTION

AGENCY~

Respondent.

ORDER OF THE

BOARD

It is the Order of the Pollution Control Board that the

Stipulation and Agreement of the Environmental Protection Agency,

Alton Box Board Company and Laclede Steel Company, dated June

7,

1974,

July

8,

1974 and July 15, 1974

is hereby accepted.

I.

Alton Box Board Company and Laclede Steel Company are

hereby ordered and directed to perform and carry out

their obligations as set forth in the Stipulation and

Agreement,

to

wit:

A) Alton Box Board Company shall:

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:L)

lmrnediateLy devise, plan and imp:Lement a method

by which

the

water

in the impoundment

area

will

he

removed

down to

the

bank

of

the

existing

ditch and maintained

at

that

level

as

much

as

is

reasonably

feasible

until

the

programs

set

out.

in

parag.raphs

:2 mud

3 herein are

accomplished

whetther

or

not the new Twin—60 inch

drains

from

the area are openeth

2)

Neutralize

or

treat or

remove

any

odor—producing

sludge

which

is

in

the impoundment area

at

the

time

the

program

set

out

in

paragraph

3 herein

is

accomplished,

on

a

one-time

basis

so

as to

prevent

the

future

emission

of

offensive

odors

to the

atmosphere

which

may result from

the

said

sludge.

I)

immediately

construct

and

operate

a

means

to

divert

Alton mill effluent directly

to

the

Mississippi River in the approximate location

shown

in

the

drawing

attached

to

the

Stipulation

as

Exhibit

49,

by

July

30,

1974,

4)

Devise,

plan

and

implement,

as soon as is

reasonably

possible,

but in any event, no later

than

July

30,

1974,

the

following improvements

to

the

wastewater

treatment program for the Alton

mill

effluent:

a)

Seal all conduits from the sludge lagoon

(except for the conduit necessary to accomplish

paragraph 4EbJ)

and eliminate all discharges

from the sludge lagoon to the impoundment area.

h)

Recirculate the sludge lagoon supernatant

licuor through the clarifier so as to prohibit

further

discharges

from

the

sludge

lagoon

to

the

impoundment

area.

a)

Maintain

an

effluent

from

the

clarifier

(breakdowns

excepted)

not to exceed 130

mg/I

of suspended

solids

as

a

monthly

average

nor

260

mg/i of

suspended

solids

as

a daily

maximum

based

on a

24—hour composite sample

at

any time

d)

Enlarge the capacity of

the sludge lagoon,

if practical.

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e)

Install and operate a method for the daily

addition

of

lime

(estimated

to

he

three

tons

per

day)

or

its

caustjc

equivalent,

to

treat

the

clarifier

underf

low

to

the

sludge

lagoon

as

may

be

necessary

(estimated

to

be

a

pH

of

9

or

above

at

the

inlet)

to

prevent

the

emission

of

H5S

from

the

lagoon

in

violation

of

appiicabie’Illinois

law.

±) Dispose

of

any

sludge

removed

from

the

sludge

:Lagoorx

or

clarifier

in

a

manner

acceptable

to

the

Acency.

~)

2re~are

and

implement

Agency-auproved

water

pollution control abatement orogram

for

effluent

to

the

ditch

on

the

north

side

of

the

Alton

nih

property

6~m

Submit

progress

reports

on the foregoing

to

the

Agency

as

part

of the monthly progress reports

being

made

pursuant

to

the

Board

Order

of

August

9

1972

in

2CR

73—140.

7

Not

operate

boilers

2

and

3.

Operate

noilers

I

and

cnl

in

the

event

of

emergency,

and

:Ln

no

event

after

operating

permtts

for

boilers

8

and

9

hare

been

received.

Emergency

is

to

he

defined

as

when

necessary

cue

to

the

matfunction

ana

ifl-

cocrability

of

the

existing

boilers

5,

5

and

7

in

order

to

allow

continued

oneration

of

the

plant.

The

Company

agrees

to

notify

the

Agency

uon

the

commencement

of

such

emergency

operation.

Boilers

8

and

9

to

be

installed

and

operating

permits

secured

by,

or

a

permit

denial

aopea:L

or

variance

filed

on

or

before,

July

30,

1975.

8)

Items

L

4

(a)

,

(b)

and

(e)

shall

be

considered

as

approved

changes

in

the

Cornpany~s wastewater

treatment

program

as

approved

in

PCB

73-140

and

shall be

so

considered

in

the

performance

bond

heretofore filed by the Company

in

PCB 73—140.

B)

Laclede Steel Company,

in cooperation and conjunction

with Alton Box to the extent of paying at least

20

of the cost thereof,

shall:

1)

Immediately devise, plan and implement

a method

by which the water in the impoundment area will be

removed down to the bank of the existing ditch

and maintained

at that level as much as is

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65

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reasonably

feasible

until

the

program

set

out

in

paragraph

2

hereof

is

accomplished

whether

or

not

the

new

Twin-60

inch

drains

from

the

area

are

opened;

2)

Neutralize

or

treat

or

remove any

odor—producing

sludge

which

is

in

the

impoundment

area,

when

Alton

Box

has

completed

the

construction

of

and

begun

to

operate

a

means

to

divert

its

Alton

mill

effluent

directly

to

the

Mississippi

River

as

provided

in

the

Stipulation

and

Settlement

Agreement

between

it

and

the

Agency,

on

a

one-time

basis

so

as

to

prevent

the

future

emission

of

offensive odors to the atmosphere which

may

result

from said sludge.

C) Alton Box Board Company and Laclede Steel Company shall

apply for all

permits

necessary for the performance of

their obligations, as specified in the Stipulation and

Agreement.

D)

Al ton

Box

Board

Company

and

Laclede

Steel

Company

jointly and severally shall, as agreed, contribute

the aggregate

sum

of $30,000 to the

State

of Illinois

Game and Fish

Fund

within

60

days

following

the

date

of

this Order.

II.

The enforcement cases bearing numbers

PCB

73—61

and

PCB

74-51

are

hereby

terminated.

III.

The

variance

granted

to

Alton

Box

Board

Company

in

PCB

73-140

is

hereby extended

from

July

18,

1974

to

April

6,

1975

from

Rules

402,

403,

404(a) (1),

404(b) (1),

408(a)

as

to

Iron

(Total),

Iron (Dissolved),

Lead

(Total),

Manganese (Total), Oil (Hexane solubles or equivalent),

Phenols,

and

Total Suspended Solids, 408(b), 408(c) and

921(a) of the Water Pollution Regulations of Illinois

and a

limited

variance from section 12ca~of the

Environmental

Protection

Act.

The

variance

shall

be

applicable

only

to

BOD,

Total

Suspended

Solids,

Total

Dissolved Solids and the Contaminants specified above

13—66

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I,

Christan

L. Moffett, Clerk of the Illinois Pollution Conjrol

Board,

her

certify the above

Order

was

adopted

this

Jr~

dayof ______,l974byavoteof

‘I

to

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