ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD

May 17, 1973

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY,

Complainant,

v.

)

PCJ3 73—29

INLAND

METALS

REFINING COMPANY,

Respondent.

James I.

Rubin,

Assistant Attorney General, on behalf of

Complainan

~-;

P~chard W. Hillsherg on

behalf

of Respondent.

OPINION AND ORDRR OF

THE BOARD (by ~r. Seaman)

Complaint was

tiled on January 26, 1973

by

the Illinois

Environmental

Protection

Agency charging Respondent,

Inland

Metals Refining Company, located in the City of Chicago,

County of Cook, with violation of Section 9(a) of the Illinois

Environmental Protection Act.

The complaint alleges that certain baghouses operated by

Respondent are inefficient

and, therefore,

constitute

a

continuing violation

of Section 9 (a)

The parties have submitted a Stipulation And Proposal

for Settlement, represented to be an agreement reached between

the parties and represented to constitute tIie recommended

disposition of the enforcement action.

This Board finds that the Agency has presented no

evidence of Respondent’s alleged violations to this date and

that the public interest will best be served by a prompt

resolution of this matter under the terms of the settlement

suggested, and by avoidance of further costs and delays that

will he incurred by a protracted hearing.

The Board approves the maintenance procedures outlined

in the Stipulation.

This Opinion constitutes the findings of fact and

conclusions of law of the Board.

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IT IS THE ORDER of the Pollution Control Board that

Respondent, Inland

Metals

Refining Company, adopt and adhere

to the following maintenance procedures:

(a) Weekly Maintenance

-

At least once each

week,

all of the bags are to be inspected by the Maintenance

Superintendent

and

a crew. Bags which, upon visual

inspection, have failed will be replaced, up to and including

the entire

unit

if necessary. Bags which, in the judgment

of the Superintendent, are susceptible to imminent failure

will also be replaced. At the same time, all major equipment

and

duct work in or pertaining to the baghouse will be

inspected and maintained in accordance with good operating

procedure.

(b) Daily Maintenance

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From time to time during the

calendar day an experienced maintenance man or a

man

exper-

ienced in baghouse operations will examine the baghouse,

with particular attention to stack emissions during operations.

At any time during the calendar day at which stack emissions

indicate possible violations of state regulations, the main-

tenance man or a man experienced in baghouse operations will

examine the baghouse, and will make necessary corrections,

including replacement of bags, or seek to have the necessary

corrections made by persons qualified to make the required

repairs or corrections.

(c) Records

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Inland will maintain records of each day

during which maintenance was performed on the baghouse. The

records will contain a description of the type of maintenance

performed.

(d) Reports

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Inland shall submit to the Agency quarterly

reports regarding its compliance with the Air Pollution Control

Regulations and the Illinois Environmental Protection

Act.

I, Christan L. Moffett, Clerk of the Illinois Pollution Control

Board,

certify

that

the above Opinion and Order was adopted by

the Board on the

,j4’

day of

_______________,

1973, by a

voteof

‘1

to ~

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p1

‘S.)