ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
July 26,
1979
GRANITE CITY STEEL, Division of
National Steel Corporation,
Petitioner,
v.
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PCB
79—103
ENVIRONMENTAL
PROTECTION
AGENCY,
Respondent.
OPINION
AND
ORDER OF THE BOARD
(by Mr. Goodman):
This matter comes before the Board upon the petition
filed by Granite City Steel Corp.,
a division of National
Steel
(Granite City)
on May
4,
1979.
The petition seeks
a
variance from a Board Order entered in PCB 76—124 on September
15,
1976 and modified by a Board Order entered on May 12,
1977.
No hearing has been held in this matter and the Board has
received
rio public comments.
The May 12, 1977 Order directs Granite City to shut down
its “B” Battery, which contains twenty—seven
(27) coke ovens,
for the purpose of rebuilding by December 11, 1979.
“A” Battery,
which contains
forty—nine
(49) coke ovens, was to be similarly
shut down by June 11,
1980.
Granite City now seeks to revise
the above described program due
to the unanticipated shutdown
of
“A” Battery
for repair on February
8,
1979.
Granite City
requests that the date on which “A” Battery
is shut down for
rebuilding be recognized as February
8,
1979 and that the shut-
down date for “B” Battery be extended until June
11,
1980.
The petition
is based on the premises that
“B” Battery is in
better operating condition that
“A” Battery,
that
“A” Battery
has been shut down ten
(10) months prior
to the shutdown date
for either oven, and that not more than 137 ovens will be in
operation at any one time
if this variance is granted.
In its
recommendation, the Agency states its belief that the switch
of
closedown dates will not significantly affect the air quality
in the area and recommends
that the variance be granted
(Rec.,
p.2).
The
Board
finds that the net result of the proposed change
i.s roughly equivalent
to that of the original Order.
The
final proposod date for shutdown of all batteries concerned
is the same
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that contained in the Board Order for PCB 76—124
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entered on May 12,
1977.
Considering that
“A” Battery had to
be shut down for unanticipated repairs and that
“B” Battery is
generally in better operating condition than
“A” Battery,
it
would be an arbitrary and unreasonable hardship to deny the
variance.
For the above reasons, the Board grants the requested
variance.
This Opinion constitutes
the findings of fact and conclu—
S1OriS
of
law of the Board in this matter.
ORDER
It.
is the Order of the Pollution Control Board that:
1)
The final date for shutdown of “A” Battery shall be
February
8,
1979 and the final
shutdown date of “B”
Battery
shall be June 11,
1980.
2)
Granite City Steel
shall notify the Agency in writing
when
“B” Battery
is shut down.
Notification
shall
he
within seven
(7)
days subsequent
to shutdown and shall
he sent to:
Illinois Environmental Protection Agency
Division of Air Pollution Control
Region III
liSA. West Main Street
Collinsville,
Illinois
62234
Attn:
Mr. Walter Franke
(618) 345—1700
3)
Within 45 days of the date of this Order, Granite City
Steel
shall execute and forward to the Illinois Environ-
mental Protection Agency,
2200 Churchill Road, Spring-
field,
illinois
62706 a Certification of Acceptance and
Agreement
to be bound to all terms and conditions
of this
Order.
The 45 day period shall be held in abeyance
during any period this matter
is being appealed.
The form
of said certification shall be as
follows:
CERTIFICATION
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(We),
____________________,
having read and fully
understanding the Order of the Illinois Pollution Control Board
in PCB 79-103, hereby accept said Order and agree to be bound
by all of the terms and conditions thereof.
SIGNED
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DATE
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Christan
L. Moffett, Clerk
of the Illinois Pollution
Control Board, here~ certify the ab ye Opinion and Order were
adopted op the
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day of
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1979 by
a
vote of
Q~L~offet~r~
Illinois Pollution Co~/
Board
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