ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
October 22,
1981
IN
THE MATTER OF:
)
WASTE DISPOSAL SITE OWNER/OPERATOR
)
R81-18
CERTIFICATION, CHAPTER
7:
SOLID WASTE,
)
PART IV
ORDER OF THE BOARD
(by J. Anderson):
On September 28, 1981, the Agency moved for consolidation
of this proceeding with the R80-20 Chapter
7 “clean-up” proceeding.
A similar motion had been presented at the September 25 hearing
in
this matter by John Sexton Sand
& Gravel Corp.
(service of which
was later perfected).
On October
2,
1981 Northern Petrochemical
Company urged that these motions be granted, as did Granite City
Steel,
Interlake, Northwestern Steel and Wire,
Republic Steel
and
United States Steel on October
6, 1981.
The motions are denied.
R81—18 was initiated in response
to obvious legislative concern,
as contained in Section 22(b)
of
the Act, that,
where permits are required, certification rules
concerning waste operators’ prior conduct be promulgated.
The
motions do not persuade the Board that delay of this proceeding
will serve a useful purpose, particularly as the R80-20 proceeding
promises to be a considerably more protracted proceeding than does
R81—18.
The Board’s current R81-18 proposal
(shortly to be revised
based on comment already received)
is designed to be implemented
in conjunction with existing Chapter
7;
facilities currently
required to have Chapter
7 permits would be required to be
owned and operated by persons who have obtained the ultimately
implemented R81—18 certification.
The original R80-20 proposal
(a revised version of which is
due to be filed November
1) does suggest major changes
in Chapter
7 facility definitions and permitting requirements.
Any R80-20
changes in Chapter 7 permit requirements could, therefore, make
more or fewer persons subject to the R81—18 certification, just
as it could make more or fewer persons subject to permit
requirements.
However, as the R81—18 certification does not
address either
a) technical education,
training,
etc., or b) how
the permit process itself operates, the Board believes that R81—18
affects R80—20 in only one particular:
R81—18 certification rule
numbers must be reserved in any numbering scheme proposed in
R80—2 0.
43—589
If during the course of R81—18 or R80-20 the Board’s belief
proves to be erroneous, consolidation can be ordered at that
appropriate later time.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
Board Member Goodman concurred.
I,
Christan
L. Moffett,
Clerk of the Illinois Pollution
Control
l31oard, hereb
certify that the above Order was adopted on
the
~
day of
~j
,
1981 by a vote of
N~.
Illinois Poll
Board
43—590