ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD

April

4,

1975

UNION CARBIDE CORPORATION,

Petitioner,

vs.

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PCB 75—29

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY,

Respondent.

OPINION AND ORDER OF THE BOARD

(by Mr. Henss):

Union Carbide filed its Verified Petition requesting

extension of a previously granted variance.

In PCB 73-313

Union Carbide was granted variance from Rules 103(b) (2),

103(b) (6) (E),

104 and 203(a)

of

the Air Pollution Control

Regulations until December 20, 1974 for the purpose of in-

~ta1ling pollution control equioment.

Petitioner now seeks

variance from Rules 103(b) (2)

and 203(a) until June

1,

1975.

Petitioner operates a petroleum coke manufacturing

facility near Robinson, Crawford County,

Illinois.

Two gas

fired rotary kilns are utilized to produce approximately

300,000 tons of coke annually.

At a process weight rate of

36 tons/hour Petitioner emits about

370 lbs. of particulates

per hour.

Under Rule 203(a) Petitioner

is limited to particulate

emissions of 23.72 lbs./hr.

Pursuant to the conditions expressed in the Board Order in

PCB 73-313,

Union Carbide submitted and received Agency approval

of its Compliance Plan and Project Completion Schedule for

bringing this facility into compliance.

This plan called for

the installation of two settling chambers with a design efficiency

of 99.6.

A control efficiency

of 94

is required to achieve

compliance.

The project

is scheduled to be completed June 1,

1975 at an estimated cost of $2.2 million.

Petitioner states that

it

has complied with all conditions

of the prior variance Order and is proceeding on schedule with

construction sufficient

to attain compliance by June

1,

1975.

An Agency investigator visited Petitioner’s facility on

January

23,

1975 and noted that the construction program was

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proceeding

on schedule.

The investigator was informed that

Unit

#1 will tie into the settling chamber on March 20, 1975

and Unit #2 will tie in on June

1,

1975.

The Agency has received no objection to the grant of this

variance and recommends

approval subject to the condition that

all applicable conditions imposed by the Board in PCB 73-313

remain in full

force and effect.

It

is the Opinion of the Board that Union Carbide

is

progressing satisfactorily with its compliance program and

project completion schedule.

Variance will

be. granted until

June

1,

1975.

This Opinion constitutes

the findings of fact and conclusions

of law of the Illinois Pollution Control Board.

ORDER

It

is the Order of the Pollution Control Board that Union

Carbide Corporation is granted variance from Rules 103(b) (2)

and 203(a)

of the Air Pollution Control Regulations until June

1,

1975 for the purpose of installing control equipment sufficient

to bring Petitioner’s Robinson coke manufacturing facility into

compliance with Rule 203(a).

This variance is subject to the

following conditions:

1.

Union Carbide shall apply for and obtain all

necessary permits from the Agency.

2.

Union Carbide shall continue in full force and

effect the guarantee bond of $150,000 required as

Condition

2 of the Order in PCB 73—313.

I, Christan L.

Moffett, Clerk of

the Illinois Pollution Control

Board, I~erehycertify the above Opinion and Order was adopted

this

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day of

________,

1975 by a vote of

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