ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD

May 20,

1993

IN THE MATTER OF:

PETITION OF STEPAN COMPANY

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FOR AN ADJUSTED STANDARD

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(Adjusted Standard)

FROM 35 ILL. ADM. CODE

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ORDER OF THE BOARD

(by C.

A.

Manning):

This matter comes before the Board on a Stepan’s August

5,

1988, petition for an adjusted standard.

Pursuant to the Board’s

order of March 25,

1993,

Stepan filed a status report in this

matter on May

6,

1993.

This matter

is inter—related with federal regulations

in the

Federal Implementation Plan

(FIP).

USEPA extended the stay of

these rules

in relation to Stepan on March

3,

1992.

57

Fed. ~g.

7549.

Stepan reports that on April 29,

1993,

USEPA filed a

status report

in the United States Court of Appeals for the

Seventh Circuit pertaining to Stepan’s appeal of the federal

regulations.

The USEPA status report states:

Regarding EPA’s reconsideration of

regulations concerning Stepan, EPA’S regional

office has completed its review of a draft

Notice of Proposed Rulemaking

(“NPR”)

containing site—specific control requirements

for Stepan’s Millsdale facility.

The

regional administrator concurred in the NPR

on September 25,

1992,

and forwarded it to

EPA headquarters on September 30,

1992.

The

NPR is currently undergoing review at the

Office of Management and Budget.

EPA will

continue its efforts to complete the

reconsideration for Stepan as expeditiously

as possible.

Stepan states that it has not received an order from the Court

regarding this status report.

Stepan continues to request that the Board allow this docket

to remain open.

Stepan is concerned that it could be caught

between conflicting state and federal regulations should this

proceeding go forward or be dismissed before the federal

rulemaking

is finalized and the federal appeal is resolved.

Stepan proposes to provide the Board with another status report

within 30 days of this order.

Given that USEPA has stayed the effectiveness of the federal

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regulations as they apply to Stepan pending reconsideration,

the

Board hereby stays the proceedings in this matter until June 14,

1993,

at which time Stepan

is directed to file a status report

with the Board.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

I, Dorothy

M. Gunn,

Clerk of the Illinois Pollution Control

Bg~r~hereby certify that the above order was adopted on,the

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day of

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1993 by

a vote of

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~—~Dorothy M. G)~n, Clerk

Illinois Po1~utionControl Board

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