ILLINOIS~POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
    June 14, 1973
    )
    GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    v.
    )
    PCB 73-80
    )
    )
    ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
    )
    )
    OPINION AND ORDFR OF THE BOARD (by Mr. Dumelle)
    This is a petition for variance requesting relief from Rule 203
    of the Air Regulations. Heariiig was held on April 20, 1973.
    Petitioner operates a synthetic paint system at its plant in
    Chicago Heights. They filed an operating
    permit
    application with the
    Agency in December, 1972 which was declined because the compliance
    dates would not be met. The particulate emissions emanate from the
    water-wall spray booth and the bake oven. The booth serves to capture
    the over spray which occurs when finish coatings are applied to
    various water cooler and food service equipment parts. Efficiency
    of particulate capture is stated by the company to be 90.
    The allowable particulate
    emissions for the booth and oven
    under Rule 203(a) are 0.360 pounds/hour. Petitioner has calculated
    its total emissions at 1.01 pounds/hour. The Agency has not
    observed any visible emissions or odors coming from the facility
    nox h*s it received any citizen complaints concerning the plant.
    Petitioner has submitted a compliance schedule which provides
    for stack testing, engineering evaluation, bidding, construction,
    equipment performance tests, shakedown, and additional stack tests
    to determine compliance. They also plan to change the paint solvent
    to eliminate the use of photochemically reactive materials. They
    expect to complete their program by December 31, 1973 with an outside
    date of February 1, 1974.
    The Agency believes that petitioner’s timetable for completion
    of its compliance program is reasonable and therefore recommends
    that the variance be granted subject to certain conditions which we
    will adopt.in substance.
    This opinion constitutes the Board’s findings of fact and
    conclusions of law.
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    ORDER
    General Electric is granted a variance from Rule 203 of the
    Air Regulations to February 1, 1974 subject to the following
    conditions:
    1) That stack tests be performed on the spray paint booth
    and baking ovens no later than August 15., 1973, to determine
    the level of particulate emissions being emitted while
    using solvents that enable Petitioner to comply with the
    provisions of Rule 205(f). Results of such stack tests,
    and any further tests performed by General Electric to
    determine compliance with emission limitation, shall be
    submitted to the Agency no later than 30 days after
    completion of said tests.
    2) That Petitioner shall submit progress reports to the
    Agency every other month commencing two months from the
    date of the grant of variance, Reports shall be sent
    to the Agency at the following address:
    State of Illinois
    Environmental Protection Agency
    Division of Air Pollution Control
    2200 Churchill Road
    Springfield, Illinois 62706
    Attention: Robert Goldberg, Manager
    Variance Section
    I, Christan L. Moffett, Clerk of the Illinois Pollution Control
    Board, hereby certify the above Opinion and Order were adopted on the
    j~~~dayof June,
    1973
    by a vote of
    _______________________
    Illinois
    Pollution

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