ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
October
1,
1992
IN THE MATTER OF:
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GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION
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R90-23
SITE-SPECIFIC EXCEPTION TO
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(Rulemaking)
35
ILL. ADN.
CODE 216.381
FOR ~FERROUS~TFOUNDRIES
~IN
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VERMILION
COUNTY.
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ADOPTED
RULE.
FINAL
ORDER.
OPINION
AND
ORDER OF THE
BOARD
(by B. Forcade):
This matter comes before the Board on the October 10,
1990,
proposal of General Motors Corporation
(GM)
for site-specific
relief from Section 216.381
(35 Ill.
Adin.
Code 216.381) and GM’s
amended petition filed on December 21,
1990.
Section 216.381
limits the emission of gases containing carbon monoxide from
cupolas to a concentration of carbon monoxide of 200 ppm.
The
petition seeks exception to this limit for foundries located in
Vermilion County and imposes a limit of 2,000 ppm for carbon
monoxide emissions from cupolas in Vermilion County.
In a March 14,
1991, order, the Board determined that an
Economic Impact Statement was not required.
Hearings were held
on August 27,
1991 in Chicago, Illinois and on August 29,
1991 in
Danville, Illinois
The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency
(Agency)
and the Department of Energy and Natural Resources
(DENR) participated in the hearings.
Several members of the
public also attended the hearings.
GM filed a memorandum in
support of the petition on October 30,
1991, along with the
engineering studies and stack test reports requested at the
hearing.
Public comments were received from DENR and the Agency.
In
P.C. #1, DENR provided the Board with a list of foundries in
Illinois.
The Agency,
in P.C.
#2, supported the proposed rule.
By order of June 4,
1992, the Board sent this proposal to
first notice, pursuant to Section 5.01 of the Illinois
Administrative Procedure Act.
First notice publication occurred
at 16 Ill. Reg. 9297, June 19,
1992.
The 45 day comment period
ended on August 3,
1992.
A public comment was received from
the
Administrative Code
Division of the Office of the Secretary of State noting some
typographical errors and changes to the source notes.
The
suggested changes were made and the proposed rule was sent to
second notice and submitted to the Joint Committee on
Administrative Review
(JCAR)
on August 13,
1992.
On September
24,
1992, JCAR filed its Certification of No Objection.
The rule
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adopted today is substantially identical to the rule submitted at
first notice.
ORDER
The Board hereby adopts,
as final, the following amendments
to 35 Ill.
Adm.
Code 216.~TheClerk of th
Board~1iheréby
directed to cause the publication of these amendments in the
Illinois Register and to cause the filing of these amendments
with the Administrative Code Unit of the Secretary of State’s
Office:
SUBPART 0:
PRIMARY
AND FABRICATED
METAL
PRODUCTS
Section
216.381
Cupolas
No person shall cause or allow the emission of gases
containing carbon monoxide into the atmosphere from any
cupola with a manufacturer’s rated melt rate in excess
of
5 tons per hour, unless such gases are burned in a
direct flame afterburner so that the resulting
concentration of carbon monoxide in such gases is less
than or equal to 200 ppm corrected to 50 percent excess
air or such gas streams are controlled by other
equivalent pollution control equipment approved by the
Agency according to the provisions of 35 Ill. Adm. Code
201.
Section 216.382
Excei~tion.General Motor’s Ferrous
Foundry in Vermilion County
The standard for carbon monoxide of 35 Ill.
Adm. Code
216.381 shall not aPDlv to the existing ferrous foundry
located adiacent to Interstate 74 at G Street in
Vermilion County.
owned by General Motors Corporation
on the effective date of this regulation.
The emission
of carbon monoxide from this foundry shall not exceed
2.000 ~m
corrected to 50 percent excess air.
(Source:
Added at
____
Ill. Reg.
_________,
effective
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IT IS SO ORDERED.
I, Dorothy M.
Gunri, Clerk of the Illinois Pollution Control
Board, hereby certify that the ab9v~ppinionand order was
adopted on the
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day of
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,
1992,~bya vote
of
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~-‘borothyM.,4unn, Clerk
Illinois Po’llution Control Board
0136-0326