ILLINOIS
    POLLUTION
    CONTROL
    BOARD
    February
    28,
    1974
    IN
    THE
    MATTER
    OF:
    PETITIONiOF~i7ARIANCEFOR:
    )
    PCB
    73-558
    A.B. DICK COMPANY
    OPINION AND ORDER
    OF THE
    BOARD
    (by Dr. Odell)
    On December 26,
    1973,
    the Petitioner, A.B. Dick Company,
    filed with the Illinois Pollution Control Board
    (hereinafter Board)
    a petition for a variance for two months, from December 31,
    1973,
    to February 28,
    1974,
    from Rule 205(f) and Rule 203(b)
    of Chapter
    2,
    Illinois
    ~ir
    Pollution
    Regulations.
    Petitioner
    operates
    a plant in Niles which is primarily
    engaged in the
    assembly o~T
    photocopy equipment and the manu-
    facture of photocopy
    sepal
    ~s.
    Pctitioner~sfacility includes a
    toner concentrate process.
    The
    tee-enonth variance was requested
    to provide enough time
    to
    instal
    a baghouse for particulate
    emissions and recovery of organic emissions in the toner
    concentrate process.
    When the baghouse was purchased from the
    Mikropul Division of United States Filter Corporation on June
    6,
    1973,
    the supplier promised delivery by September 17, 1973,
    and
    it was to be in operation by November~15, 1973.
    However, ship-
    ment of the equipment was rescheduled four times, and it was
    finally expected to arrive at Petitioners plant on December
    28,
    1973, which was too late
    to have it installed by December 31,
    1973.
    On February
    8,
    1974,
    the Board received a Recommendation
    from the Environmental Protection Agency
    (hereinafter Agency)
    concerning this petition for a variance.
    The Agency believes
    that the “Petitioner is
    in violation of Rule 203(a), not Rule
    203 (b),
    since it was not in compliance with Rule 203 (b) on April
    14,
    1972.
    The toner concentrate process presently consists of a
    blender used to mix ethyl alcohol, carbon black, and dye.
    The
    ethyl alcohol is evaporated in a Bowen Spray Dryer which vents
    to a high efficiency cyclone for product collection.
    Effluent
    from the cyclone vents directly to the atmosphere.
    Agency calculations confirm Petitioner~scalculations
    which indicate particulate emissions
    (based on a mass balance
    across the system)
    of
    1.2 lbs/hour of Dry Powder Pigment.
    The
    process weight rate is 25.0 lbs/hour, thereby allowing an emission
    rate of
    .24 lbs/hour under Regulation 203(a).
    The design
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    efficiency of the baghouse is 99,
    and when it is installed it
    will reduce particulate emissions to .012 lbs/hour.
    The
    25
    lbs/hour
    process weight rate contains,
    as the
    major component,
    18.8 lbs per hour of ethyl alcohol.
    The
    entire amount of this photochemically reactive solvent is emitted
    to the atmosphere,
    in violation
    of
    Rule 205(f), effective on
    December 31,
    1973, which limits emissions
    of
    photochemically
    reactive solvents to
    8 lbs/hour.
    Upon installation of the bag-
    house, Petitioner proposes
    to
    duct
    the
    baghouse effluent into an
    existing ethyl alcohol
    adsorption unit in order to reclaim the
    effluent,
    as well as to reduce the
    emissions of photochemically
    reactive solvents
    to less than
    8
    lbs/hour.
    The Agency believes that Petitioner’s
    control program is
    sufficient to bring it into compliance with
    Rules
    203(a) and
    205(f).
    The
    Agency
    has received no complaints
    from citizens
    regarding the operations of Petitioner’s
    facility
    or the granting
    of
    a variance
    in this case,
    The Board finds that since Petitioner
    has been diligent
    in its
    attempts
    to
    achieve
    compliance, and that
    since the delays
    in delivery of the baghouse were not the fault
    of Petitioner,
    that it
    would
    be
    arbitrary and unreasonable
    to
    deny a variance
    for the short period of time requested by Petitioner.
    Therefore,
    the Board will grant this variance as specified below.
    This Opinion constitutes the findings of fact and con-
    clusions of law of the Board,
    ORDER
    IT
    IS THE ORDER of the Pollution Control Board that
    Petitioner be granted
    a variance from Rules
    203(a)
    and 205(fY
    until February 28, 1974,
    subject to the following conditions:
    a.
    Petitioner shall notify the
    Environmental
    Protection Agency on the date that all control
    equipment is installed and fully
    operational.
    Said notification shall be made to:
    Environmental Protection Agency
    Division of Air Pollution Control
    Control
    Program Coordinator
    2200 Churchill Road
    Springfield,
    Illinois 62706
    b.
    Petitioner shall apply for all
    necessary
    operating permits for the new control
    equip-
    ment
    from the Environmental Protection
    Agency.
    Mr. Dumelle abstained.
    I, Christan L. Moffett, Clerk of the Illinois Pollution Control
    Board, hereby certify 4that the above Opinion and
    Order
    was
    adopted
    on the ~~day
    of
    ~
    1974,
    by a vote of
    ~
    to
    O
    Christan L~Mof~t, ~erk
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