ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
    May 19, 1983
    IN THE MATTER OF CHAPTER 8: NOISE
    )
    POLLUTION, RULE 206, SITE SPECIFIC
    )
    OPERATIONAL LEVELS FOR FORGING SHOPS
    )
    R82-31
    Dockets A, B, and C
    Amforge Division of Rockwell
    International
    Modern Drop Forge Company, and
    )
    Wyman-Gordon Company
    PROPOSED RULE.
    FIRST NOTICE.
    ORDER OF THE BOARD
    (by J. D. Dumelle):
    In accordance with the Board Opinion
    in this matter
    accepting the site—specific operational limits proposed by
    Ainforge Division of Rockwell International, Modern Drop Forge
    Company, and Wyman-Gordon Company (Dockets A, B, and C, re-
    spectively), the following are the proposed amendments to
    Rule 206 of Chapter 8: Noise Pollution.
    f) Site—Specific Operational Levels
    Each individual existing forging operation identified
    below must comply with the site-specific operational
    level defined, or is otherwise subject to Rule 206(c).
    1) Ainforge Division of
    Rockwell International
    located at 119th Street, Chica~o~Ii linois
    shall:
    (a)
    pp
    e~nly te~~~ng hammers at
    one time; and
    (b) Operation of its forging hammers is limited
    to the hours of 7:00 a.m. through 11:0Q~.m.,
    with occasional operations beginni~g~at
    6:00 a.m. and ending at
    midnight,
    Monday
    through Saturdays; and
    (c) Sound absorptive
    materials
    shall be installed
    on each of the forgi~_harnmer structures
    as
    each
    is routinely overhauled, but no
    later than
    January 1, 1987.
    2) Modern
    Drop Forge Company located at 139th
    Street and Western Avenue in Blue Island~iiinois
    shall:
    A) Operate only twenty-one forging hammers
    at any one time; and
    52-265
    2
    B)
    Operate its forging hammers only durin~ the
    hours of_6:O0
    a.m. through ~
    throua~Fridays, and 6:30 a.m.until
    7:30_p.m.
    on
    3) Wyman-Gordon
    Co~p~r~located
    at
    147th
    Street and
    Wood Street,_Harvel,_Illinois_shall:
    A)
    Op~a~eg~4~si
    x
    fori
    hammer uni t s,each
    consisting
    of two
    hammers,afterJanua~j,
    1984
    B)
    9~~efo~ing
    units
    in ~
    located_at
    the s outhe r~p~rim
    etero~the
    Wyman-Gordon
    Compa ~
    Harve~jac i1i~y1_to
    no more than 20 of
    the total annual
    hammer
    production
    at the
    Harv
    C)
    Ope rate fo~4~unitsbetwe
    en
    the hours
    of 6:00 a
    •
    m. ~
    operations on Saturdays and Sundays to no
    more_than_halfay~ar’s total; and limit
    for~~9p~rationsdur in9 the hours of
    6:00 a.m.
    and
    7:00 a.m. and
    11:00~.m.
    and
    rnidi~iht
    to
    less than 2
    of
    the
    Harvey’s facili~total annual hammer
    ~9~j~t~1ofl and
    D)
    Consolidate the two cxi s~~teelinventor~
    ~~at
    the one located north of Building
    75 no later_than Janua~y~1, 1984.
    These amendments
    are directed to First Notice.
    IT IS SO ORDERED.
    I, Christan L. Moffett, Clerk
    of the Illinois Pollution
    Control Boar~,hereby certify that the above Order was adopted
    on the ________________day of
    ~
    1983 by a vote
    of
    __
    Christan L. Moffe9ç) Clerk
    Illinois Pollution~ontrol Board

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