ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
    March
    3,
    1994
    IN THE
    MATTER
    OF:
    )
    )
    PETITION OF CHASE PRODUCTS COMPANY
    )
    FOR
    AN
    ADJUSTED
    STANDARD
    FROM
    )
    35
    ILL.
    ADM.
    CODE
    218
    SUBPART
    DD
    )
    AS
    94—4
    )
    (Adjusted
    Standard)
    ORDER OF THE BOARD
    (By C.A. Manning):
    On February 14,
    1994, Chase Products Company (Chase) filed a
    petition for adjusted standard regarding its facility,
    located in
    Broadveiw, Cook County, Illinois.
    Chase is requesting an adjusted
    standard from the 35 Ill.
    Adin. Code 218 Subpart DD as it applies to
    the emissions of Volatile Organic Materials
    (VOM) from its Aerosol
    Can
    Filling process
    at
    the
    facility.
    The
    Board received the
    required notice of publication on February 25,
    1994.1
    The Board finds that the petition,
    as presently before us,
    does not yet meet the requirements of
    35
    Ill.
    Adm.. Code 106 and
    Section 28.1 of the Act
    (415 ILCS 5/28.1 (1992).)
    Specifically
    the petition does not address Section 28
    •
    1(c) (3) of the Act which
    requires
    a
    petitioner
    for
    an
    adjusted
    standard
    to
    provide
    information as to why the requested standard will not result in
    environmental or health effects substantially and significantly
    more adverse than the effects considered by the Board in adopting
    the rule of general applicability.
    Chase states that the its VOM
    emissions will be
    0.18
    ton per year higher under the adjusted
    standard than the general rule of applicability but does not state
    whether this will have any environmental impact.
    In addition, 35 Ill. Adm. Code 106.705 requires the petitioner
    to provide certain information in the petition to the Board.
    The
    Board finds that the petition as filed lacks sufficient information
    concerning the environmental impacts of the adjusted standard as
    compared to compliance with the general rule of applicability.
    In
    particular the petition does not meet the requirements of 35.111.
    Adm. Code 106
    •
    705(g), which requires the petitioner to state the
    quantitative and qualitative impact of the petitioner’s activity on
    the
    environment
    if
    the
    petitioner
    were
    to
    comply
    with
    the
    regulation of general applicability as compared to the quantitative
    and qualitative impact on the environment if the petitioner were to
    comply only with the proposed adjusted standard.
    Chase relies on
    the
    statement
    about
    the
    amount
    of VOM emissions
    that will
    be
    Section 28.1 of the Environmental Protection Act (Act) requires
    petitioners to file, within 14 days of the filing the petition for adjusted
    standard, proof of publication of the notice that petitioner has filed with
    the Board a petition seeking an adjusted standard.
    (415
    ILCS 5/28.1(1)
    (1992).)
    2
    emitted
    but does
    not
    state
    the
    effect.
    Chase
    is
    directed to
    describe
    the
    qualitative
    and
    quantitative
    differences
    in
    environmental
    impact
    between
    compliance
    under proposed adjusted
    standard instead of
    35 Iii.
    Adm. Code 218 Subpart DD in
    terms of
    (1)
    air emissions,
    (2)
    general air quality
    impact
    (3)
    Chase’s
    contribution to ozone precursor inventory and
    VOM inventory in the
    non-attainment
    area,
    (4)
    solid
    waste
    generation
    (5)
    energy
    consumption, and
    (6) other qualitative impacts.
    Such description
    should be supported by the relevant data.
    The Board at this time accepts Chase’s petition for adjusted
    standard relief, but directs petitioner to file an amended petition
    on or before April 15, 1994, addressing the above
    issues.
    Failure
    to file an amended petition by this date will subject this matter
    to dismissal.
    Chase has requested a hearing in this matter and
    upon its filing of an amended petition which provides the further
    requested information this matter will be set for hearing.
    On
    February
    28,
    1994,
    the Agency
    filed
    a motion
    for
    an
    extension of time until April 29, 1994, to file its response to the
    adjusted standard petition.
    The Agency ~s1~ates.
    that the petitioner
    does not object to the requested extension of
    time.
    The Board
    denies the Agency’s motion as being unnecessary at this time since
    the Agency need not respond. until thirty (30) days after the filing
    of the amended petition which isthe subject of this order.
    IT
    IS
    SO
    ORDERED.
    I,
    Dorothy
    M.
    Gunn,
    Clerk
    of
    the Illinois
    Pollution
    Contro)~ard,
    hereby certify that the
    above
    order was adopted on
    tI~ ~
    day of
    ____________________
    ,
    1994, by a vote of
    Control Board

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