ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD

July 19, 1973

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

#72-468

v.

ELIZABETH STREET FOUNDRY,

INC.

ORDER

OF

THE

BOARD

(BY SAMUEL T.

LAWTON, JR.):

On

April

17,

1973, we entered an Order in the above-captioned

proceeding directing that prior to June 17,

1973, Respondent cease

and desist its pollutional discharge and submit a program of com-

pliance prior to said date.

The order directed that the parties

conduct such testing as

is necessary prior to June 17, to ascertain

that Respondent had complied with all relevant regulations with

respect to the control of air pollution.

Subsequent thereto, Respondent filed a motion stating that the

presence of a spark arrester created difficulty in testing the

emissions:

that testing before the spark arrester failed

to take

into consideration the discharges diminished by said

devices and t~tsampling above the stack would be the testing

of the ambient air to which results the testing companies would

not certify.

Respondent stated that it proposes to install an

afterburner and requested that our order be modified to permit

such installation, that the stack test be taken subsequent

to the

completion of the installation and that Respondent continue to

operate while proceeding with the afterburner installation and

tests.

We indicated in an order of June

14, 1973 that we were not

unfavorably disposed to the request but that Respondent had failed

to set forth a time schedule for compliance,

as previously directed,

and accordingly,

denied the motion and directed that Respondent

file its proposed schedule of installation and testing within 10

days, pursuant to which we would enter such further order as might

be appropriate.

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Respondent has filed a petition in response

to

our

June

14,

1973 Order, stating that Respondent had contacted various manufac-

turers of gas—fired afterburners to obtain estimates of delivery

dates and that inquiry made of Peoples Gas, Light and Coke Company

indicated that gas pressure of the amount needed for operation of the

type of afterburner required, would not be available.

Inquiry was

next made with

a view of obtaining a gas booster pump which Respon-

dent now indicates has been made available.

An afterburner has

been ordered with delivery schedule of six weeks after approval

of shop drawings, which will be ready on July 20, 1973.

Installa-

tion and testing of the equipment is anticipated to take two weeks

for completion.

Stack testing would commence immediately after

installation.

Respondent

asks

that we permit the installation of

the

afterburner

and

gas

booster

pump

and

testing

in

accordance

with

the schedule provided.

If the contemplated program is implemented as Respondent repre-

sents, the equipment would be delivered by approximately August

31,

1973 and installed by September 14,

1973.

Stack testing would

commence immediately thereafter.

In view of the representations of the Respondent and the

apparent good faith efforts to achieve compliance, we amend our

April

17,

1973 order to grant Respondent until October

1, 1973 to

complete its program of installation, testing and compliance pur-

suant to its proposed schedule and direct that all provisions

of

our earlier order be achieved by said date and that Respondent

cease and desist all violation of the relevant Regulations and the

Environmental Protection Act by October

1, 1973.

IT

IS SO

ORDERED.

I,

Christan Moffett, Clerk of the Pollution Control Board, certify

that

the

above

Order

was

adopted

on

the

f1~

day of July,

1973,

byavoteof

~

to

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