ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
    October 21,
    1993
    IN THE MATTER OF:
    )
    PETITION OF STEPAN COMPANY
    )
    AS 88-2
    FOR AN ADJUSTED STANDARD
    )
    (Adjusted Standard)
    FROM 35 ILL. ADM. CODE
    )
    215 SUBPART I
    )
    ORDER OF THE BOARD
    (by C.
    A. Manning):
    This matter comes before the Board on Stepan’s August 5,
    1988, petition for an adjusted standard for it’s facility in
    Milisdale,
    Illinois.
    Pursuant to the Board’s order of September
    23,
    1993,
    Stepan filed
    a status report in this matter on October
    19,
    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. Reg.
    7549.
    Stepan reports that on September 30,
    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, on September
    9,
    1993 the Administrator signed
    a Notice of
    Proposed Rulemaking
    (NPR)
    in which EPA has
    proposed site—specific control requirements
    for Stepan’s Millsdale facility.
    The NPR was published in the Federal Register on October
    1,
    1993
    (58 FR 51279).
    The notice provides for a 30 day comment
    period.
    Stepan has requested an additional 60 days to comment on
    the proposed site—specific regulations.
    Stepan also attaches an order by the Seventh Circuit United
    States Court of Appeals requiring USEPA to file another status
    report on or before December 1,
    1993.
    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
    on or before December 13.
    Given that USEPA has stayed the effectiveness of the federal
    regulations as they apply to Stepan pending reconsideration of
    2
    those regulations, the Board will renew the stay of the
    proceedings in this matter until December 13,
    1993,
    at which time
    Stepan is directed to file a timely status report with the Board.
    IT IS SO ORDERED.
    I, Dorothy M. Gunn, Clerk of the Illinois Pollution Control
    Board, hereby certi~y_~iat
    the above order was adopted on the
    ~
    day of __________________________,
    1993, by a vote of
    Dorothy N. G~n, Clerk
    Illinois Poilyution Control Board

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