ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD

July 30,

1992

IN THE MATTER OF:

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STEPAN COMPANY

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ADJUSTED STANDARD FROM

)

AS 88-2

35 ILL. ADM. CODE 215.

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(Adjusted Standard)

SUBPART I

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ORDER OF THE

BOARD

(by J. C. Marlin):

On July 29,

1992, Stepan filed a status report in this matter.

This

matter

is

inter-related

with

federal

regulations

in

the

Federal Implementation Plan

(FIP).

Among

other

things,

Stepan

reports that on July 9,

1992, 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, which is attached hereto, states:

“In

regard

to

EPA’s

reconsideration

of

regulations

concerning

Stepan,

EPA

has

completed

its

preliminary

site—specific

analysis

of

Stepan’s

plant to determine

appropriate control requirements.

The Regional Office

has prepared a draft notice of proposed rulemaking on the

control

requirements

which

is

currently

undergoing

Regional review.

EPA projects thatthis notice will be

published in the Federal Register by February

1,

1993.”

Stepan continues to request that

t-’e Board allow this docket

to remain open.

Stepan remains 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

is directed to filed an updated status

report on

or

before December

1,

1992.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

I,

Dorothy M. Gunn,

Clerk of the Illinois Pollution Control

Board

hereby certi

that the above order was adopted on the

____

day of

___________________,

1992, by a vote of

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Dorothy M. Guq, Clerk

Illinois Pol~tion Control Board

0135-0227