ILLINOIS

POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD

January

24,

1985

NATIONAL

CAN CORPORATION

(ROCKFORD

PLANT),

Petitioner,

PCB

84—108

ILLINOIS ENVIRONMENTAL

)

PROTECTION AGENCY,

)

Respo1~nt.

DISSENTING

OPINION

(b~ B.

Forcade):

I respectfully d ~sent from

the

majority

in

granting this

VOM variance because the Order

fails

to

impose alternative limi-

tations to control

VOM

emissions~

The Board receives many variance requests for relief from

the limitations of

35

Ill. Adm. Code

215.204,

which establishes

maximum

pounds

of

VOM

per gallon of

coating

material

in coatings

operations

for

various

manufacturing

processes.

These

limitations

are

designed

to

reduce

the

ozone

problem

in

Illinois.

Usually,

the Board establishes some alternative VOM per gallon limitation

that

is achievable by petitioner and a plan for compliance.

In

today~sOrder no alternative limitation is established.

No

alternative limitation was set here

because the record

did not contain

sufficient information to

establish such a limitation,

I would have

dismissed the Petition as inadequate.

Under

today~sprecedent,

it

would

appear that

VOM petitioners

who

give

the

Board

little

or no information on their

present

ability

to

control

emissions

will

receive

more

reli~than those

who

make

a

full

and

candid

di~~osure.

I,

Dorothy

I’t~

Gunn,

Clerk

of

the

Illinois

Pollution Control

Board,

hereby

certify

that

the

above

Dissentin

Opinion

was

submitted

to me

on

the

~

day

of

_____________

1985.

cL~i:T:~~Ll~

/L~-~’_______

5~~~lerk

Illinois

Pollution

Control

Board

i3oard

Member

62~409