ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD

January 17, 1974

KELSEY-HAYES COMPANY

GUNITE DIVISION,

Petitioner,

PCB 73—424

vs.

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY,

Respondent.

Mr. George Tamblyn, appeared on behalf of Petitioner.

Mr. Lee A. Campbell,

Assistant

Attorney General, appeared

on behalf of Respondent.

OPINION AND ORDER OF THE BOARD (by Mr. Seaman)

This is a petition

for a variance filed by the

Kelsey-Hayes Company Gunite Division

(hereinafter

called

Petitioner)

of Rockford,

in Winnebago County.

The Environmental

Pr.otection Agency (hereinafter

called Agency) recommends a grant of the variance.

The Petitioner

produces heavy duty truck and trailer

wheels and drums.

At this plant, Petitioner

has two cupolas,

each is rated to process 28,400 lbs/hr.

Present pollution

control equipment consists of a wet scrubber, which,

according to stack tests conducted on June 17 and 18, 1969,

is sufficient

to meet both the old air pollution

control

regulations

and Rule 203(b) of Chapter 2, Part I of the

Pollution Control Board’s regulations.

Upon investigation

of means of controlling

carbon monoxide emissions,

Petitioner

determined that an afterburner

which would be successful

in

reducing CO emissions would increase particulate

emissions

beyond the limitations

set forth in Rule 203(b).

Therefore,

Petitioner

has embarked upon a program of modifying its

existing particulate

control system and installing

necessary

controls to meet CO standards.

Petitioner

is requesting

a

Variance from the compliance date of December 31, 1973

contained in Rule 206 of Chapter 2, Part II of the Regulations

of the Pollution

Control Board.

Petitioner

states that all

modifications

to its existing pollution

control system and

the installation

of CO control will be completed by December 1,

1974. Therefore, Peititoner is requesting a Variance for that

period of time.

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Petitioner plans to make certain modifications to

its particulate emission system along with installation of

a scrubber.

Modifications will be complete

and

the

system will be operational by September 1, 1974. Petitioner

is requesting until December 1, 1974 to

insure

the system

is operating efficiently. Since Petitioner already

has

a scrubber on and is only modifying it, the time period

requested by Petitioner seems reasonable. Further, the

Agency is of the opinion that the control program will

reduce Co emissions to the levels established by Rule 206.

Petitioner, on his construction

permit

application,

estimated the cost of compliance to be $550,000. Initially,

it should be

noted that Petitioner was required to reduce

its gas supply by 25. Petitioner states it has been reallocated

and does not have to reduce its gas supply.

The

Agency

has received no complaints from the public

concerning this facility and there was no citizen testimony

at the public hearing on this cause.

This Opinion constitutes the findings of fact and

conclusions of

law

ORDER

IT IS THE ORDER of the bllution Control Board that

Kelsey-Hayes Company be

granted

a variance until December 31, 1974,

from Rule 203(b) of Chapter 2, Part I of the Pollution Control

Board Rules

and

Regulations and

Rule 206 of Chapter 2, Part

II of the Pollution Control Board Rules and Regulations,

(a) Petitioner shall submit in writing to:

Illinois Environmental Protection Agency

Division of

Air

Pollution

Control

2200 Churchill Road

Springfield, Illinois 62706

progress reports indicating progress toward

completion of the project. Said reports shall

April 1, 1974,

July 1, 1974, and

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(b)

Petitioner

shall notify:

Illinois

Environmental

Protection

Agency

Division of Air Pollution

Control

Region I Office

4302 North Main Street

Rockford, Illinois

61103

(c)

Petitioner

shall operate only one cupola at

any one Lime.

(d)

Petitioner

shall post a Performance Bond in

an amount of $100,000 in a form satisfactory

to the Agency within thirty—five

(35) days of

the date of this Order to insure installation

of the subject equipment.

Said bond shall be

submitted to:

Illinois

Environmental

Protection Agency

Fiscal Services

2200 Churchill

Road

Springfield,

Illinois

62706

Fr

IS SC) ORDERED.

I, Christan L. Moffett,

Clerk of the Illinois

Pollution

Control Board, certify

that the above Opinion and Order was

adopted on this

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day of

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,

1974 by

a

vote of

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