ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD

October

1,

1987

IN THE MATTER OF:

PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO

35

 ILL.

ADM.

 CODE

 215.204,

 215.211,

)

 R86—36

AND 215.212:

 HEAVY OFF—HIGHWAY

VEHICLE PRODUCTS.

)

DISSENTING OPINION

(by

 Theodore Meyer):

I dissent

 from

 the majority opinion

 insofar

as

 it refuses

to

provide

 an exception

 for Caterpillar’s Joliet

 facility.

Caterpillar has examined

 540 paint formula’ions since January

5,

1984.

 Of those formulations, only one coating has been found

that meets

 both

 the 3.5 lbs/gal VOM standard

 and Caterpillar

specifications

(R.

 at 317—8).

 That coating

 is presently being

used

 in shop trials

at

 the Joliet plant

(R.

at

 318),

but

Caterpillar

 is unable

 to determine whether

 the coating will

be

adaptable

 for production purposes

 by the December

31,

 1987,

deadline

 (Public Comment

#2,

 filed September

15,

 1987).

Illinois has traditionally been

 the home

 of farm implement

manufacturing,

 and agriculture

is

 the largest sector

 of the

state’s economy.

 Caterpillar

is

 the s’ate’s

 largest

manufacturing employer.

 I also note that Caterpillar

has

historically been

 a good corporate citizen

 in environmental

matters.

 Given

 the depressed agricultural

 and manufacturing

economy,

and

 the fact that Caterpillar

 has made good—faith

efforts

 to comply with this Board’s

 regulations,

 I would grant

Caterpillar

 an additional eighteen months

 to comply with

 the new

VOM standards

for

 heavy off-highway vehicle products.

~

 Theodore Meyer

/

Bôard Member

IT

IS

 SO ORDERED.

I,

 Dorothy

 M. Gun~,Clerk of the Illinois Pollution Control

Board,

 hereby certify that the above Dissenting Opinion was filed

on the

 day of

&t&~,

 1987.

Dorothy

M.

 Gunn,

 Clerk

Illinois Pollution Control Board

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