ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
    October 21,
    1993
    IN THE MATTER OF:
    )
    )
    PETITION OF REYNOLDS
    )
    AS 91-8
    METAL COMPANY FOR ADJUSTED
    )
    (Adjusted Standard)
    STANDARD FROM 35 ILL. ADM.
    )
    CODE 218.980
    )
    ORDER OF THE BOARD
    (by C.A. Manning):
    This matter is before the Board on Reynolds’ September 4, 1991
    Petition for an Adjusted Standard.
    The Board accepted this matter
    for hearing on January 23,
    1992,
    but delayed assigning a hearing
    officer.
    This
    delay
    was necessary because
    the petition could
    result
    in
    a
    revision
    to
    the
    State
    Implementation
    Plan
    (SIP).
    Before a revision to the SIP can be accepted, the USEPA must first
    revise
    the
    Federal
    Implementation
    Plan
    (FIP).
    Reynolds
    has
    petitioned the USEPA for the revision of the FIP and is awaiting
    the decision.
    On June 23,
    1992, the USEPA published a notice in the Federal
    Register staying the effectiveness of 40 CFR 52.741(x) and
    (y)
    as
    they
    apply
    to
    Reynolds,
    to
    allow
    the
    USEPA
    to
    reconsider
    the
    applicability of these rules to Reynolds. The notice stated that
    USEPA is proceeding expeditiously with
    reconsideration.
    The USEPA
    regional office expected to send a proposal to USEPA Headquarters
    by the end of January.
    Based on the USEPA’s
    stay
    of the
    effectiveness
    of
    40 CFR
    52.741(x)
    and
    (y),
    on
    February
    4,
    1993
    the
    Board
    stayed
    the
    proceedings
    in
    this
    matter
    until
    May
    4,
    1993,
    at
    which
    time
    Reynolds was directed to file a status report.
    Reynolds has since
    filed several status reports regarding the progress of the USEPA,
    the most recent of which was filed on October
    8,
    1993 in response
    to the Board’s order of August
    5,
    1993 requesting such a report.
    Reynolds’
    October
    8,
    1993
    status report
    indicates
    that on
    September
    22,
    1993,
    the USEPA published
    a Proposed Rule
    in the
    Federal Register which proposed revisions to the FIP consisting of
    site specific control requirements
    for Reynolds’ aluminum rolling
    operations.
    Comments on this Proposed Rule will be accepted until
    October 22, 1993.
    If the Proposed Rule is adopted, compliance with
    the rule will be required within four months after promulgation.
    The stay originally granted in the Board’s February 4,
    1993
    order
    is hereby extended until
    December
    13,
    1993,
    at which time
    Reynolds is directed to file an updated status report.
    IT IS SO ORDERED.
    2
    I, Dorothy
    N.
    Gunn,
    Clerk of the Illinois Pollution Control
    Board,
    hereby
    certify
    that, the
    above
    order
    was adopted on the
    ~‘~.4~4—
    day
    of
    __________________,
    1993,
    by
    a
    vote
    of
    7-e
    .
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    J
    Dorothy M.~unn, Clerk
    Illinois ~Llution
    Control Board

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