ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD

October 31, 1972

ENVIRONMENTAL

PROTECTION AGENCY

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FANSTEEL,

INC~,

a corporation, and

CITY OF NORTH CHICAGO, a municipal

corporation

ORDER OF THE BOARD (by Mr. Dumelle)

The Stipulation and Proposal submitted by Fansteel, Inc. (Fansteel)

and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on June 14, 1972 as

modified by a letter received October 31, 1972 from Fansteel to the Pollu-

tion Cor~tro1Board is accepted and approved.

The conditions of the Order are as follows:

1.

South Plant

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Fansteel will install equipment necessary to

pre-treat the South Plant effluent as specified in Exhibit F so as •to permit

discharge of all of said effluent to the North Shore Sanitary District sanitary

sewer system. Said equipment will be installed and made operative within

a period of twenty-two (22) weeks after the necessary Permit is issued. The

system and timetable are more specifically described in said Exhibit F of

these proceedings.

2.

North Plant

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Fansteel will install equipment necessary to pre-

treat the North Plant effluent so as to permit discharge of all of the effluent

to the North Shore Sanitary District within a period of twenty-six (26) weeks

after the necessary Permit is issued.

3.

Carbon Absorption System

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Fansteel will:

A.

Install at the South Plant a carbon absorption system

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system to treat cyanide containing effluent emanating therefrom,

which equipment

will

be installed

and

made operative as part

of the total effluent treatment system detailed in Exhibit “F”.

B.

As previously discussed, the parties have determined

that

such

treatment for cyanide is not necessary to permit discharge

of the South

Plant

effluent to the North Shore Sanitary District.

However, it is recognized that the installation

and

operation of such

equipment are of interest to the EPA in permitting the Agency to

determine the effectiveness of such a system for treating complex

cyanide-containing

plating wastes. The Agency feels that such

information will serve to more effectively review future applica-

tions which may involve similar

type

wastes. Fansteel agrees that

it will continue the operation of the carbon absorption system after

such time as the wastes

are

fully discharged into the North Shore

Sanitary

District and

Fansteel further agrees that it will make

available to the EPA in the normal course of reporting for a period

of one year

all

of the data information and results derived from the

operation of the system and

will

allow the EPA to observe

and

C.

Until completion of the programs outlined in Paragraphs

1

and

2

above,

Fansteel

wifi

cause its spent acids to be removed from

the

premises by a licensed scavenger and disposed of in accordance

with

all existing rules and regulations.

D. Fansteil will make

any

necessary piping

and

plumbing

changes in the

Plant

so as to more expedftiously discharge any

portion of its effluent to the North Shore Sanitary District on an

accelerated schedule. It is to be recognized that this piping may or

may not become part of the proposed long-range solutions to the

problem and, therefore, are considered to be an addftional expense

The cost of Installing and operating the solutions described

in this paragraph 3 is

estimated

in Appendices I through IV of these

proceedings.

4.

Fansteel will pay to the Treasurer of the State of Illinois, pursuant

to

Title XII

Section 42 of the Environmental Protection Act, the amount of

$20, 000. Such payment shall be madeby check to the Fiscal Services Divi-

sion. Illinois Environmental Protection Agency, 2200 Churchill Drive, Spring-

field, Illinois 62706.

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5.

Fansteel agrees to execute a Performance Bond in a form

acceptable to the EPA and guarantee

its

execution of the terms and condi-

tions of this Settlement Agreement; such Bond may be either Fansteel

own Bond, supported and authorized by an appropriate Resolution of its

Board of Directors (or Executive Committee), or a Surety Bond.

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Fansteel shall apply for all necessary Permits from the EPA for

the proposed modifications described herein.

7.

Fanstell will provide monthly reports to the EPA by the 20th of

each month, describing the compliance made during the preceding month.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

I, Christan L. Vloffett, Clerk of the Illinois Pollution Control Board,

hereby certify the above Order of the Board was adopted on the~J~~_day

of October, 1972 by a vote of

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Christan L. Moffett, C

Illinois Pollution Control Board

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