ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD

August 13, 1971

CALUMET

 STEEL, DIVISION OF

BORG WARNER CORPORATION

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v.

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

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ORDER

Calumet Steel, Division of Borg Warner Corporation,

 (Calu-

met

 has filed a Petition for Variance with the Board seeking an

extension of an existing Air Contaminant Emission Reduction Pro-

grain

 (ACER?) to and including August 31, 1971, to install a

canopy—type evacuation system on electric furnaces used

 in its

operation.

 Calumet~sACER?, based on precedent established by

the Board

 in other cases, expired on July

1,

 1971, and this petition

for an extension to August 31, 1971 was filed with the Board on

June 30, 1971.

 Before the Board would have a chance to hold a

hearing on this matter,

 the August 31,

 1971 date will have been

reached; therefore, a hearing will not be authorized by the Board

at this time,

 However,

 it is important that the Board know that

the control devices detailed in

the ACERP and

in the Petition for

variance filed by Calumet have been installed,

 To insure that

the Board receives the necessary information from

Calume’c,

the

following order is hereby entered:

1.

 Calumet

 is hereby ordered to file a written report

with the Board and with the Environmental Protection

Agency on September

3,

 1971,

 indicating the status

of the completion of the control devices detailed

in the ACERP, hereinbefore granted by the prior Air

Pollution Control Board, and the Petition for Variance

filed by Calumet on June 30,

 1971.

2.

 This action and order by the Board shall not be

considered to be

 a grant or denial of the Petition

for Variance filed by Calumet on June 30,

 1971.

I, Regina E.

 Ryan, Clerk of the Board, certify that ~he Board

adopted the above Order this j,~~dayof

 August

 1971.

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