ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD

August 9, 1990

NATIONAL STEEL CORP.,     

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GRANITE CITY DIVISION,     

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Petitioner,

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v.

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PCB 90—150

(Provisional Variance)

ILLINOIS ENVIRONMENTAL

PROTECTION AGENCY,

Respondent.

ORDER OF THE BOARD 

(J.

Marlin):

This matter comes before the Board on receipt of an Agency

Recommendation dated August 7, 1990. The recommendation refers

to a request from Petitioner, Granite City Division of National

Steel Corp. for a 15—day provisional variance from the visible

and particulate matter emissions limitations for by-product coke

plant quenching, as set forth in 35 Iii. Adm. Code 212.443(h),

for the period from August 6, 1990 to August 21, 1990.

Upon receipt of the request, the Agency issued its

recommendation, concluding that failure to grant the requested

15—day provisional variance would impose an arbitrary or

unreasonable hardship on Petitioner. The Agency recommends that

the Board grant the requested relief with conditions. The Agency

also asserted that there is no reasonable alternative for

compliance and that the Petitioner has not received provisional

variance relief this year to date. The Agency maintains that no

adverse environmental impact will occur as a result of a grant of

this provisional variance.

In light of the Agency Recommendation, the Board hereby

grants a provisional variance from 35 Ill. Mm. Code 212.443(h)

from August 6, 1990 to August 21, 1990, subject to the following

conditions:

1.  The Petitioner shall spray roadways adjacent to the

West Quench Tower, as indicated on the attached map (Exhibit

1), twice daily during the term of this provisional

variance;

2.  The Petitioner shall report to the Agency the date it

commences repairs to its West Quench Tower and the date it

completes those repairs;

3.  The Petitioner shall report to the Agency the dates it

sprays the roadways adjacent its West Quench Tower and the

times and amounts of surfactant utilized; and

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4.  The Petitioner shall submit all reports required under

this provisional variance to the Agency no later than August

24, 1990, addressed as follows:

John Justice

Illinois Environmental Protection Agency

2009 Mall Street

Collinsville, Illinois 62234

J. Dumelle dissented

IT IS SO ORDERED.

I, Dorothy N. Gunn, Clerk of the Illinois Pollution Control

Bo~d, do hereby cçrtify that the above Order was adopted on the

7”— day of    

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1990, by a vote of

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Dorothy M. ~Unn, Clerk

Illinois Pollution Control Board

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