ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL
    BOARD
    October 7,
    1993
    IN THE MATTER OF:
    )
    )
    JOINT PETITION OF QUANTUM CHEMICAL
    )
    CORPORATION,
    USI DIVISION (and the
    )
    AS 92-14
    ILLINOIS ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY))
    (Adjusted Standard)
    FOR AN ADJUSTED STANDARD FROM PARTS OF
    )
    35
    ILL. ADM.CODE 218.966 AND 2:3.986
    )
    DAVID A. COPELAND APPEARED ON BEHALF OF PETITIONER, QUANTUM
    CHEMICAL
    CORPORATION;
    ANN
    M.
    ZWICK
    APPEARED
    ON
    BEHALF
    OF
    PETITIONER,
    ILLINOIS
    ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY.
    OPINION AND ORDER OF THE BOARD
    (by “.C. Flemal):
    This matter comes before the Board on a petition for
    adjusted standard filed jointly by Quantum Chemical Corporation,
    USI Division (Quantum),
    and the Illinois Environmental Protection
    Agency
    (Agency) on August 16,
    1993.
    The co-petitioners request
    an adjusted standard from the air emission controls requirements
    of parts of 35
    Iii. Adm. Code 218.966 and 218.986 as these would
    otherwise apply to the polymer manufacturing and cooling tower
    facilities at Quantum’s plant located near Morris,
    Illinois.
    The Board’s responsibility in this matter arises from the
    Environmental Protection Act
    (Act)
    (415 ILCS 5/1 et seq.).
    The
    Board
    is charged therein to “determine,
    define and implement the
    environmental control standards applicable in the State of
    Illinois” and to “grant
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    an adjusted standard for persons who
    can justify such an adjustment”2.
    More generally,
    the Board’s
    responsibility in this matter is based on the system of checks
    and balances integral to Illinois environmental governance:
    the
    Board is charged with the rulemaking and principal adjudicatory
    functions,
    and the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency
    (Agency)
    is responsible for carrying out the principal
    administrative duties.
    Based upon the record before it and upon review of the
    factors involved in the consideration of adjusted standards,
    the
    Board finds that the co-petitioners have demonstrated that grant
    of an adjusted standard in the instant matter is warranted.
    The
    adjusted standard accordingly will be granted.
    l
    Act at Section 5(b).
    2
    Act at Section 28.1(a).

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    ADJUSTED STANDARD PROCEDURE
    The Act at Section 28.1 provides that a petitioner may
    request, and the Board may impose,
    an environmental standard that
    is:
    (a) applicable solely to the petitioner,
    and
    (b) different
    from the standard that would otherwise apply to the petitioner as
    the consequence of the operation of a rule of general
    applicability.
    Such a standard is called an adjusted standard.
    The general procedures that govern an adjusted standard
    proceeding are found at Section 28.1 of the Act and within the
    Board’s procedural rules at 35
    Ill.
    Adin.
    Code Part 106.
    Where,
    as here,
    the regulation of general applicability does
    not specify a level of justification required for a petitioner to
    qualify for an adjusted standard, the Act at Section 28.1(c)
    specifies four demonstrations that must be made by a successful
    petitioner:
    1)
    Factors relating to that petitioner are substantially
    and significantly different from the factors relied
    upon by the Board in adopting the general regulation
    applicable to that petitioner;
    2)
    The existence of those factor justifies an adjusted
    standard;
    3)
    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; and
    4)
    The adjusted standard is consistent with any
    applicable federal law.
    PROCEDURAL HISTORY
    This matter has antecedents
    in State and Federal programs
    designed to reduce ozone in the lower atmosphere through the
    control of volatile organic material
    (VOM)
    emissions.
    Among
    these programs has been the required application of reasonably
    available control technology
    (RACT) to certain VOM emission
    sources.
    PACT regulations developed for the Chicago ozone non—
    attainment area occur at 35
    Ill.
    Adm. Code 218.
    More general and
    • less stringent regulations applicable within the ozone attainment
    areas of the State occur at 35
    Ill.
    Adm. Code 215.
    The Chicago ozone non—attainment area as originally defined
    did not include any of Grundy County,
    Illinois.
    However,
    in
    response to federal requirements under the Clean Air Act
    Amendments of
    1990,
    the Board in Docket R9l-28 redefined the

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    Chicago ozone non—attainment area to in~udeAux Sable Township
    in Grundy County.
    Quantum’s Morris Plant
    is located
    in Aux Sable
    Township.
    The effective date of the redefined non—attainment
    area was November 15,
    1992.
    This
    is the first date on which the
    Part 218 regulations became applicable to the Morris Plant.
    On December 7, l992~Quantum filed
    its initial petition for
    adjusted standard.
    The Agency was not
    a co-petitioner.
    On
    December 21,
    1992 Quantum filed an amended petition,
    .~hereupon
    the Agency requested additional information from Quantum and
    moved this Board for an extension of time to file the Agency
    recommendation in response to the amended petition.
    By order of
    February 4,
    1992 the Board granted the Agency’s request for
    additional time.
    On May 17,
    1’~93Quantum filed a second amended petition,
    again as the sole petitioner.
    The Agency again requested an
    extension of time for carrying on discussions with Quantw
    prior
    to filing of its recommendation.
    The Agency’s request ~.as
    granted by Board order on June 17,
    1993.
    A third amended petition
    (Pet.)
    was filed on August 16,
    1993, and
    is the matter before the Board today.
    A principal
    feature of the third amended petition is the joining of the
    Agency as co-petitioner.
    On August 26,
    1993 the Board issued an order noting that the
    two sections of the Board’s rules from which adjusted standard
    was being requested were in the processes of being amended in
    Board proceeding P93-94,
    and asking the co-petitioners to advise
    the Board as to how the amendments would affect the instant
    petition.
    Co-petitioners filed a response (Response)
    on
    September 13,
    1993 indicating that the amendments do not alter
    the instant pleadings except that the requested condition related
    to work practices at the cooling towers
    (Pet.
    at p.
    45-46) would
    be mooted upon the adoption of 35
    Ill.
    Adm. Code 218.986(d);
    218.986(d) has been adopted by the Board.
    ~ Pursuant to Section 28.1(f)
    of the Act,
    a petitioner who
    files for an adjusted standard within 20 days of the effective
    date of the applicable regulations
    is exempt from the regulations
    until the Board makes a final determination on the petition.
    In
    the instant matter that final determination
    is made with today’s
    order.
    ~ In the Matter of:
    Omnibus Cleanup of the Volatile Organic
    Material PACT Rules Applicable to Ozone NonattainTnent Areas:
    Amendments to 35
    Ill.
    Adm. Code Parts 203.
    211.
    218,
    and 219.
    Final order of the Board issued September
    9,
    1993.

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    A hearing premised on the second amended petition was
    originally set and noticed for June 30,
    1993.
    Continuance of
    this hearing was granted until September 9,
    1993 in the Board’s
    order of June
    17,
    1993.
    The September
    9 hearing was held in
    Morris,
    Illinois.
    No members of the public attended.
    FACILITY DESCRIPTION
    Quantum’s Morris Plant is located approximately six miles
    east of the City of Morris.
    The area
    is rural and is zoned for
    heavy industry.
    (Pet.
    at
    p.
    9.)
    The Morris Plant is an integrated petroleum manufacturing
    complex that includes manufacturing operations classified as
    organic chemical manufacturing (SIC 2869)
    and polymer
    manufacturing
    (SIC 2821).
    Approximately 700 people are employed
    at the plant.
    (Pet.
    at
    p.
    9.)
    Quantum acquired the Morris Plant on November 5,
    1986 when
    it acquired the issued and outstanding capital stock of Enron
    Chemical Company, owner of the plant.
    Enron Chemical Company was
    then renamed to USI Chemical Co.,
    Inc., which was eventually
    merged into Quantum’s USI Division.
    (Pet.
    at
    p.
    9.)
    The instant petition is confined to VOM emission sources
    related to two activities at the Morris Plant: polymer
    manufacture and cooling.
    In the polymer manufacturing process, plastic resins are
    synthesized in closed reactor units from feed stocks of ethane,
    propane, and butane
    (Tr. at 16).
    The resins are formed into
    pellets following manufacture,
    and the pellets are stored and
    transferred to rail cars and trucks for distribution.
    (Pet.
    at
    p.10.)
    Co—petitioners observe that:
    During the synthesis process, some of the
    hydrocarbon gases are entrained within the polymer
    resin.
    These entrained gases are evolved during the
    storage and transfer of the polymer pellets.
    The
    entrained gases (primarily ethylene and propylene)
    are
    emitted to the atmosphere with the conveying air at
    numerous diverse exhaust points
    (i.e.,
    storage bins,
    storage silos, rail car loading systems,
    and truck
    loading systems)
    ***
    (Pet.
    at p.
    11.)
    Among facilities at the Morris Plant are three at which
    polymer manufacturing occurs and for which an adjusted standard
    is sought:
    the Low Density Polyethylene
    (LDPE)
    Plant,
    the Linear

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    Low Density Polyethylene
    (LLDPE)
    Plant,
    and the Polypropylene
    Plant.
    Each plant has multiple VOM emission sources.
    The Morris Plant also includes six cooling towers.
    Five of
    these are non-contact cooling towers5 that under normal operating
    conditions have no VON emissions.
    Process water
    is used in the
    sixth tower, the ethylene oxide/ethylene glycol
    (EO/EG)
    cooling
    tower.
    In the EO/EG Plant ethylene
    is reacted with oxygen to
    form ethylene oxide, which in turn may be hydrated to form
    ethylene glycol.
    (Tr.
    at 16-17.)
    The EO/EG cooling tower has
    VOM emissions under normal operating conditions.
    RULE OF GENERAL APPLICABILITY
    Co—petitioners seek alternate application of regulations
    found within two sections of the Board’s PACT rules.
    These are
    Sections 218.966 and 218.986, which occur respectively within
    subparts addressing Miscellaneous Organic Chemical Manufacturing
    Processes
    (35 Ill. Adm. Code:Subpart PR)
    and Other Emission
    Sources
    (35
    Ill. Adm.
    •Code: Subpart TT).
    The request for adjusted standard from Section 218.966 deals
    sOlely with the requirements found at subsections
    (a)
    and
    (b)6,
    which require a reduction in uncontrolled VOM emissions of at
    least 81 percent or an alternative control plan.
    The specific
    text of the two pertinent subsections
    is as follows:
    Section 218.966
    Control Requirements
    Every owner or operator of
    a miscellaneous organic
    chemical manufacturing process emission unit subject to
    this Subpart shall comply with the requirements of
    subsection
    (a)
    or
    (b)
    below.
    a)
    Emission capture and control techniques which
    achieve an overall reduction in uncontrolled
    VOM emissions of at least 81 percent from
    each emission unit,
    or
    ~ The non—contact cooling water towers
    at
    issue are the
    Ethylene Plant Cooling Tower,
    the LDPE Plant Cooling Tower, the
    Polypropylene Plant Cooling Tower, the Utilities Cooling Tower,
    and the Air Separation Plant Cooling Tower.
    6
    In Omnibus Cleanup of VOM PACT Rules
    (see preceding
    footnote)
    the Board adopted a new subsection 218.966(c)
    pertaining to leaks.
    Quantum asserts that it does not need and
    does not request relief from subsection
    (c).
    (Response at ¶3.)

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    (Board Note:
    For the purpose of this
    provision,
    an emission unit is any part or
    activity at a source of
    a type that by itself
    is subject to control requirements in other
    Subparts of this Part or 40 CFR 60,
    incorporated by reference
    in Section 218.112,
    e.g.,
    a coating line,
    a printing line,
    a
    process unit,
    a wastewater system, or other
    equipment,
    or is otherwise any part or
    activity at a source.)
    b)
    An alternative control plan which has been
    approved by the Agency and the USEPA in a
    federally enforceable permit or as a SIP
    revision.
    The request for adjusted standard from Section 218.986 deals
    solely with the requirements found at subsections
    (a),
    (b), and
    (c)7,
    which require an 81 percent reduction in uncontrolled VOM
    emissions,
    an independent requirement for coating lines, or an
    alternative control plan.
    The specific text of the three
    pertinent subsections is as follows:
    Section 218.986
    Control Requirements
    Every owner or operator of an emission unit subject to
    this Subpart shall comply with the requirements of
    subsection
    (a),
    (b),
    (c),
    (d),
    or
    (e)
    below.
    a)
    Emission capture and control, equipment which
    achieve an overall reduction in uncontrolled
    VON emissions of at least 81 percent from
    each emission unit, or
    (Board Note:
    For the purpose of this
    provision,
    an emission unit is any part or
    activity at a source of
    a type that by itself
    is subject to control requirements in other
    Subparts of this Part or 40 CFR 60,
    incorporated by reference in Section 218.112,
    e.g.,
    a coating line,
    a printing line,
    a
    process unit,
    a wastewater system, or other
    ~ In Omnibus Cleanup of VOM PACT Rules
    (see preceding
    footnote)
    the Board adopted new subsections 218.986(d)
    and
    (e)
    pertaining to work practices and to leaks,
    respectively, at
    cooling towers.
    Quantum asserts that it will be subject to
    .218.986(d)
    and does not request relief from that subsection,
    and
    that it does not need and does not request relief from subsection
    (e).
    (Response at ¶4.)

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    equipment, or is otherwise any part or
    activity at a source.)
    b)
    For coating lines,
    the daily-weighted average
    VOM content shall not exceed 0.42 kg VON/i
    (3.5 lbs VOM/gal)
    of coating (minus water and
    any compounds which are specifically exempted
    from the definition of VOM)
    as applied during
    any day.
    Owners and operators complying with
    this Section are not required to comply with
    Section 218.301 of this Part, or
    C)
    An alternative control plan which has been
    approved by the Agency and the USEPA in a
    federally enforceable permit or as a SIP
    revision.
    EMISSION SOURCES/COMPLIANCE EFFORTS
    Quantum has undertaken various initiatives to modify its
    Part 215 VON emissions program to comply with the general Part
    218 regulations.
    Principal focus has been on those potential
    emission sources where VOM concentrations are sufficiently high
    that control technologies are effective in reducing or
    eliminating the emissions.
    Among examples are controls on the
    wax blow-down system at the LDPE Plant that are intended to
    reduce VOM emissions by over 450 tons per year
    (Tr. at 18), and
    installation of closed loop sampling in the EO/EG Plant that is
    expected to reduce VON emission by approximately 50 tons per year
    (Tr.
    at 20).
    Quantum intends to continue these initiatives, and
    they are not subject to the adjusted standard considered today.
    However, there are a number of potential emissions sources
    within the Quantum operation where VOM exists
    in large air
    streams.
    These low—concentration sources are difficult to
    control.
    (Tr.
    at 21.)
    Quantum contends, and the Agency agrees,
    that there are ,no technically or economically feasible control
    methods for these sources beyond those currently employed.
    (u.)
    Co—petitioners contend, therefore, that current practices
    constitute PACT.
    The low—concentration emission sources at issue occur within
    the finishing and storage units of the polymer plants and within
    the cooling tower operations.
    The former include elements of the
    pneumatic conveying system, the storage silos, and the rail car
    and truck loading units.
    (Tr. at 21.)
    The full set of low-
    concentration emission sources for which adjusted standard is
    requested is listed in Exhibits A and A1~ The list is today
    repeated
    in conditions
    (A)
    and
    (B)
    of the order accompanying
    today’s action.

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    The largest single source among these,
    accounting for 80
    of
    all the VON emissions at issue,
    are the blender units at the LDPE
    Plant.
    (Tr.
    at 36, 45.)
    These typically emit concentrations of
    ethylene at less than two hundred parts per million
    (0.02)
    by
    weight.
    (Tr.
    at 36.)
    However,
    the air volumes are large at
    approximately 70 thousand cubic feet per minute.
    (a.)
    Collectively, these sources are estimated to produce
    emissions at the rate of 263 tons per year
    (Pet.
    at 13)
    or 0.72
    tons per day.
    (Tr. at 25.)
    Individual sources have emissions
    based on actual field tests and measures in tons per year as
    follows
    (Pet. at p.
    13):
    LDPE Plant
    Spin Driers
    37.24
    Blenders
    210.50
    Car Loading
    0.08
    LLDPE Plant
    Pellet Driers
    3.00
    Blenders
    5.26
    Multi Pass Separator
    0.76
    Scalperator &Hopper Cars
    1.38
    Polypropylene Plant
    Pellet Driers
    0.62
    Blenders
    .
    4.00
    Storage and Car Loading
    0.55
    Quantum observes that the particular type of polymer
    manufacturing employed at its Morris Plant was not considered
    during the promulgation of Part 218 or in the regulations which
    preceded Part 218
    (Tr. at 26), and was not reviewed by the United
    States Environmental Protection Agency
    (USEPA)
    in preparation of
    the Control Technology Guideline
    (CTG)8 upon which
    PACT
    for the
    polymer manufacturing industry was based
    (Exh.
    D at 5-1).
    However, Quantum observes that the USEPA did review the specific
    manufacturing processes employed at the Morris Plant in
    developing the New Source Performance Standards
    (NSPS).
    The NSPS
    exempt emission sources from controls where VON concentrations
    are less than 0.001
    (0.1)
    by weight.
    (Exh.
    D.
    at 5—2; Tr. at
    22; see also 40 CFR 60.560(g).)
    The emissions sources for which
    •Quantum requests adjusted standard all have VOM concentrations
    below 0.001
    by weight.
    (Tr.
    at 37.)
    While Quantum allows that
    8
    “Control of Volatile Organic Emissions From the
    Manufacture of High-Density Polyethylene, Polypropylene, and
    Polystyrene Resins”, EPA—450/3-83—008.

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    “the New Source Performance Standards are not necessarily the
    same as
    PACT”,
    it observes that the NSPS do “give a good
    indication of what kind of practical control technology is
    available for these sorts of sources”.
    (Tr. at 22—23.)
    Moreover,
    no emission control would be required for the emission
    sources at issue under NSPS
    if the sources were constructed
    today.
    (Exh.
    D at 5-3.)
    Quantw~has commissioned a study to review possible control
    strategies and costs for the low-concentration emission sources.
    The full report of this study, which considered nine possible
    control technologies,
    is present in the record as Exhibit D9.
    Three of the possible control technologies, carbon
    adsorption,
    absorption, and condensation, were found to be
    technically infeasible due to low adsorption capacity,
    ineffective absorbants,
    and condensation difficulties.
    (Exh. D
    at 6—26;
    Tr. at ~8—39.)
    The remaining six control technologies all were found to be
    “economically infeasible”.
    The technologies include thermal
    incineration, catalytic incineration, regenerative thermal
    incineration,
    flaring, and use of a low pressure product
    separator or degassing extruder.
    For control of just the
    emissions from the blenders of the LDPE Plant,
    annualized costs
    •range between $549,080 for the low pressure product separator to
    $37,775,500 for flaring.
    (Pet.
    at
    p.
    30;
    Exh.
    D. at 6—2; Tr. at
    39—44.)
    Costs for a ton of VOM removed per year range from
    $7,270 for regenerative incineration to $183,110 for flaring.
    (u.)
    Destruction efficiency ranges from a low of 22
    for the
    low pressure product separator to 98
    for incineration.
    (u.)
    Each of the incineration technologies emits significant
    amounts of NOx.
    (Pet.
    at p.
    31.)
    Since NOx also contributes to
    ozone formation,
    these technologies negate part of the desired
    benefit.
    (Exh.
    D at 7-2.)
    The incineration technologies also
    produce carbon monoxide.
    (Pet.
    at p.
    31.)
    Co—petitioners contend that under normal operations there
    should be no VON emissions from any of the non—contact cooling
    towers.
    In the case of the EO/EG cooling tower,
    the VON
    emissions are contended to be negligible due to the high
    solubility and low vapor pressure
    (less than
    1 mm Hg at ambient
    temperatures)
    of ethylene glycol.
    (Pet.
    at 15.)
    Co-petitioners
    further observe that under normal operating conditions daily
    water samples have shown ethylene oxide concentration of about
    1
    ~ “Economic Analysis and Technology Review for Control of
    VON Emissions from Polyolefin Finishing and Storage Units”,
    prepared by Pilko and Associates,
    Inc.

    10
    ppm, which corresponds to 3.4 tons per year of emissions.
    (Pet.
    at 16.)
    HEALTH
    AND
    ENVIRONMENTAL
    EFFECTS
    Co-petitioners
    contend
    that
    grant
    of
    the
    requested
    adjusted
    standard
    would
    not
    produce
    significant
    adverse
    health
    or
    environmental effects.
    Quantum observes that the major component
    of its VON emissions
    is ethylene’°.
    (Tr. at 24.)
    Although
    ethylene is flammable,
    it is non-toxic and is approved by the
    Federal Food and Drug Administration as an indirect food additive
    and for use in treating fruits and vegetables to promote
    ripening.
    (Pet.
    at 39; Tr. at 24.)
    The concentrations at which
    ethylene
    is emitted are far below the flammability limit.
    (Pet.
    at 39.)
    Co—petitioners therefore expect no direct adverse health
    or environmental effects from the emitted ethylene.
    Ethylene does contribute to ozone formation in the lower
    atmosphere and thereby does have indirect adverse health effects.
    Quantum contends, however,
    that its emissions are small compared
    to the total VON emissions in the Chicago ozone non—attainment
    area,
    and hence that the emissions have no measurable impact on
    the ozone levels
    in the Chicago area
    (Tr.
    at 25) and constitute
    “a negligible contribution to the VON burden” in the Chicago area
    (Pet.
    at
    p.
    38.)
    PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO SECTION 218.103(b)
    The Board notes that the co-petitioners also request that 35
    Ill. Adm. Code 218.103(b)
    be amended to specifically identify
    Quantum (see Pet. at p.36 and Exh.
    E).
    The following amendment
    is proposed:
    *
    *
    *
    b)
    The provisions of the Part shall not apply to
    Viskase Corporation; Allsteel,
    Incorporated;
    Stepan Company; e~Ford Motor Company; or quantum
    Chemical Corporation to the extent such source has
    obtained an adjusted standard from the Board or an
    exclusion from the General Assembly for any
    Subpart of this Part or of 35
    Ill.
    Adm. Code 215.
    However, the Board cannot make this amendment in the instant
    adjusted standard proceeding.
    Since the amendment would change
    the text of an existing regulation,
    the amendment would
    constitute a rulemaking,
    and rulemaking must be conducted in
    ~ Other VON emissions are propylene and “very small amounts
    of vinyl acetate, butenes, and hexenes”.
    (Pet.
    at
    12;
    Exh.
    I.)

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    accordance with the
    •egulatory procedures of Title VII of the
    Act.
    The Board notes that today’s grant of adjusted standard is
    not dependent upon the existence of the requested amendment to
    Section 218.103(b),
    nor is the requested amendment necessary for
    the Board to grant the adjusted standard.
    CONCLUSION
    Based upon its consideration of the record presented in this
    action, the Board finds that the co—petitioners have provided the
    justification required pursuant to Section 28.1 of the Act for an
    adjusted standard to be granted with conditions.
    This opinion constitutes the Board’s findings of fact and
    conclusions of law in this matter.
    ORDER
    Quantum Chemical Corporation, USI Division
    (Quantum),
    is
    hereby granted an adjusted standard, pursuant to 415 ILCS 5/28.1,
    applicable to Quantum’s facility located in AUX Sable Township,
    Grundy County,
    Illinois, subject to the provisions and conditions
    listed below.
    A)
    The adjusted standard pertains to VON emission sources from
    Quantum’s polymer plant finishing and storage units, as
    follows:
    1)
    Low Density Polyethylene
    (LDPE)
    Plant:’
    Spin Driers
    Total of 4 spin driers, one for each
    line.
    Blenders
    -
    Total of 18 blenders, BL-1 through BL—18
    and
    associated bagfilters.
    Storage and Car Loading
    -
    Total of 17 Silos,
    car
    loading facilities arid associated bagfilters.
    2)
    Linear Low Density Polyethylene
    (LLDPE)
    Plant:
    Pellet Driers
    -
    Total of
    2 spin dryers,
    one for each
    line.
    Blenders
    -
    Total of 12 blenders,
    4 for line #5
    (BL—13
    through BL-16)
    and
    8 for line #6
    (BL-30 through BL—37)
    and associated bagfilters.

    12
    Multipass Separators
    4 multipass separators,
    2 at the
    booster blower,
    2 at car loading and associated
    bagfilters.
    Scalperators and Hopper Cars
    -
    4 scalperators and
    2
    bagfilters at car loading.
    3)
    Polypropylene Plant:
    Pellet Driers
    -
    Total of
    4 spin dryers, one for each
    line.
    Blenders
    Total of
    7 blenders and associated
    bagfilters.
    Storage and Car Loading
    Total of 24 silos, car
    loading facilities and associated bagfilters.
    B)
    The adjusted standard pertains additionally to the following
    VON emission sources:
    1)
    Non-contact cooling water towers at the Ethylene Plant,
    LDPE Plant,
    Polypropylene Plant, Utilities Area,
    and
    Process Research Area,
    and
    2)
    Process cooling water tower at the Ethylene
    Oxide/Ethylene Glycol Plant.
    C)
    The current operation of the VON emission sources listed in
    (A) and
    (B)
    above represent PACT control and no additional
    controls are .required to meet the requirements of 35 Ill.
    Adm. Code 218.966(a)
    or
    (b)
    and 35 Ill. Adm. Code 218.986
    (a),
    (b),
    or
    (c).
    D)
    Quantum shall comply with the following requirements at its
    LDPE Plant:
    1)
    VON concentrations from the LDPE finishing operations,
    measured at the discharge of the fabric filters. (during
    normal operation in which two production lines are
    running through one bagfilter),
    may not exceed 250
    parts per million by weight.
    2)
    VON concentrations from LDPE spin dryers may not exceed
    500 parts per million by weight.
    3)
    Quantum shall conduct testing in accordance with 35
    Ill. Adm. Code 218.105 to determine VON concentrations
    from the LDPE finishing operation and spin dryers upon
    written request by the Illinois Environmental
    Protection Agency or upon a significant change in LDPE
    product or operation that may increase VON emissions.

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    4)
    Quantum shall maintain operatiny records, as specified
    in an operating permit, that identify any significant
    change
    in LDPE product or operation that may increase
    VON emissions.
    IT IS SO ORDERED.
    Section 41 of the Environmental Protection Act, 415 ILCS
    5/41
    (1992), provides for appeal of final orders of the Board
    within 35 days.
    The Rules of the Supreme Court of Illinois
    establish filing requirements.
    (See also 35 Ill.
    Adm. Code
    101.246, Motions for Reconsideration.)
    I, Dorothy N.:
    f3unn,
    Clerk of the Illinois Pollution Control
    Board, hereby certi~ythat the above o~4nionand order was
    adopted on the
    7~
    day of
    _________________,
    1993, b~a
    vote of
    7~
    Dorothy M~’-/Gunn, Clerk
    Illinois (~5llutionControl Board

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