ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
July 19, 1990
MAZER CHEMICALS!
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DIVISION OF PPG INDUSTRIES,
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Petitioner,
v.
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PCB 90—133
(Provisional Variance)
ILLINOIS ENVIRONMENTAL
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PROTECTION AGENCY,
Respondent.
ORDER OF THE BOARD (R. Flemal):
This
matte~ comes before the Board on receipt of an Agency
Recommendation dated July 18, 1990. The recommendation refers to
a request from Petitioner, Mazer Chemicals/Division of PPG
Industries for a 30—day provisional variance from the on-site
hazardous waste accumulation limitation, as set forth in 35 Iii.
Adm. Code 722.134, for the period from July 16, 1990 to August
15, 1990.
Mazer Chemicals has approximately 75,000 pounds of hazardous
waste at its Lake County facility. The accumulation start date
on this waste is April 13, 1990. The waste contains flammable
solvents (toluene, xylene, and methyl isobutyl ketone) and about
60 percent water. Mazer Chemicals anticipates that it will
remove this material from its facility via a licensed special
waste hauler within 30 to 45 days of the date of its request to
the Agency, July 11, 1990. Mazer Chemicals maintains that this
time is necessary to complete the analysis and assessment of the
BTU value of the waste for use as recovered fuel and schedule
pickup of the material. Therefore, Mazer Chemicals states that
this hazardous waste will remain on-site for longer than 90 days
set forth in 35 Ill. Adm. COde 722.134, and Mazer Chemicals
requests this provisional variance from that provision.
Upon receipt of the request, the Agency issued its
recommendation, concluding that due to unforeseen, temporary and
uncontrollable circumstances, failure to grant the requested 30-
day provisional variance would impose an arbitrary or
unreasonable hardship on Petitioner.
In light of the Agency Recommendation, the Board hereby
grants a provisional variance from 35 Ill. Adm. Code 722.134 from
July 16, 1990 to August 15, 1990.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
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I, Dorothy M. Gunn, Clerk of the Illinois Pollution Control
Board~ do hereby certify that the above Order was adopted on the
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day of
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1990, by a vote of
Dorothy M. Gurm, Clerk
Illinois Pollution Control Board
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