IC & S WOOD AlT PAPEP ~ORPORlT Oi

M ~ ~ Wood and Paper seews n year exteosJo~of a varia~

originaiJ granted

iii

PCE ~2~23C and exteneed

in

l~l ~3~365 ~or

the burnirg of wooa waste wit tie 0id of an ai c rtair destructor~

Peti i~nc perates a ~aoe~ recycling an~w~o rec~aimir

busincs~ approximately one rnr~e eas

f

Bel;idere Fror 5 t 2

tors of trade waste

i~

prccsssed n~t~?facil

~i

early the wood

portion of this wa’te crnsists o o~i~ets,dividers and cratino

lumber W~rlethe wood

jc

gen~ral1y dee

e preserc~ o ra~la

wire and meta stripping proh~l~tthe use I a cIipper~ ‘~o

salvageab~ewood

in

burned ir a pit w~t~the a~dif an ai~ cu tu

destr actor

Disposa~of the wood waste by landfr~ ¶,00ld cost $2~00 per

truckload wtereas Pet~tiorercar barn the iaste at about me co~r

of $6 00 oe~ load

(2

to~sof wood waste pe~ loan

The Agency xecomrrerd tIe granting of thi~ ax~ance Vis~oe

emissione are low 105 opacY~ or less tnere ar-i no corrpiaints

from neiqhbors and resourcen are being recyclec throug~ a generall;

satisfactory operation The only uroblem noted by the Agency v-a the

possible lack of good housekeeping at the srte P recent fire ~as

allegedly caused by sparks landing or wood waste litter near the

air curtain destructor~ As a result of thin fire the Agency did

send Petitioner a letter reauestang better housekeeprrg practices.

We shall grant this variance becaase tne benefits from this re

cycling outweigh its slight environmental impact. The cost of

landfill would be prohibitive for this business. It should be

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noted, however, that such variances are not automatic and further

reports of fires caused by poor housekeeping will severely

jeopardize the granting of any future variances.

ORDER

It is the Order of the Pollution Control Board that M & S

Wood and Paper Corporation be granted variance from the Air

Pollution Control Regulations until September 19, 1975 to burn

certain wood wastes at its Boone County site, subject to renewal

on an annual basis upon application and proper proof and subject

to the following conditions:

I,

Only landscape waste and clean unpainted lumber

shall be disposed

of

in the air curtain destructor.

All other lumber and debris shall

be

separated prior

to burning and

disposed

of

by

some other

means. Under

no circumstances shall Petitioner conduct any open

burning or incineration of materials not in the air

curtain destructor,

2, Petitioner shall improve the housekeeping at its facility

so as to eliminate the possibility of illegal fires

caused by sparks igniting litter and nearby waste

materials.

3.

An operator must be in attendance at all times when

wood waste is being burned.

4. The feed to the air curtain destructor shall be adjusted

so as to prevent any visible emissions from the destructor

above 10 opacity.

5, Material used to promote combustion shall not be lower

in guality than

#2

fuel oil.

6.

Burning shall be conducted only on days when the wind

velocity is

between

5 and 25 miles per hour.

7. Burning shall be conducted only between the hours of

8:00 a.m, and 4:00 p.m.

8. The burning site shall be provided with adequate fire

protection and with such equipment as necessary to

control accidental fires,

9. The air curtain destructor shall be operated in accordance

with the manufacturer~s operating instructions.

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10. Petitioner shall be subject to the Agency’s standard

conditions for open burning (APC-l7l as revised 7/73).

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

Board, ~ereby certify

~he

above Opinion and Order was adopted

this ~

day of

1974

by

a vote of _____to ~

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