ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
    July 20,
    1995
    IN THE MATTER OF:
    )
    JOINT PETITION OF SOLAR
    )
    AS 94-2
    CORPORATION AND THE ILLINOIS
    )
    (Adjusted Standard
    -
    Air)
    ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
    )
    AGENCY FOR ADJUSTED
    )
    STANDARDS FROM 35 ILL. ADM.
    CODE.
    )
    218,
    SUBPART PP.
    )
    MARK
    LATHAN
    OF GARDNER, CARTON & DOUGLAS APPEARED ON BEHALF OF
    PETITIONER, SOLAR CORPORATION;
    SHEILA G. KOLBE APPEARED ON BEHALF OF PETITIONER, ILLINOIS
    ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY.
    OPINION
    AND
    ORDER OF THE BOARD
    (by N. McFawn):
    This matter is before the Board on a petition for adjusted
    standard filed by Solar Corporation
    (Solar)
    on February 14,
    1994,
    as amended on January
    3,
    1995,
    and joined by the Illinois
    Environmental Protection Agency (Agency)
    on February 28,
    1995.
    The petitioners request that Solar be given an adjusted standard
    front the air emission control requirements of
    35 Ill. Adm. Code
    Part 218 Subpart PP for its manufacturing facility located in
    Libertyville, Lake County,
    Illinois.
    The Board’s responsibility in this matter arises from the
    Environmental Protection Act
    (Act)
    (415 ILCS 5/1 et seq.).
    The
    Board
    is charged therein to “determine, define and implement the
    environmental control standards applicable in the State of
    Illinois”
    (Section 5(b)
    of the Act) and to “grant.. .an adjusted
    standard for persons who can justify such an adjustment”
    (Section
    28.1(a) of the Act).
    Thus, the Board is charged with the
    authority to grant individual adjusted standards which are
    different from the Board’s generally applicable regulations.
    Although usually granted as permanent relief, the adjusted
    standard is not adopted as
    a rule under the Administrative Code.
    Rather, the opinion and order granting, and oftentimes
    conditioning, the relief requested serves both a regulatory and
    an enforcement function.
    Based upon the recorC before us
    and upon review of the
    factors involved in the consideration of adjusted standards, the
    Board finds that petitioners, most particularly Solar, have
    demonstrated that the adjusted standard sought is warranted.
    The
    adjusted standard accordingly is granted, subject to the
    conditions outlined in the order.

    ADJUSTED
    STANDARD
    PROCEDURE
    Section 28.1 of the Act provides that a petitioner may
    request, and the Board may adopt,
    an environmental standard that
    is:
    (a) applicable solely to the petitioner, and
    (b) different
    from the standard that would otherwise apply to petitioner
    pursuant to a rule of general applicability.
    Such a standard is
    called an adjusted standard.
    The general procedures that govern
    an adjusted standard proceeding are found at Section 28.1 of the
    Act and within the Board’s procedural rules at 35 Ill. Adm.
    Code
    Part 106.
    Where, as here,
    the regulation of general applicability does
    not specify a level of justification required from a petitioner
    to qualify for an adjusted standard, the Act at Section 28.1
    (C)
    specifies four demonstrations that must be made by a successful
    petitioner.
    They are:
    (1)
    Faetors
    relating to that petitioner are substantially
    and significantly different from the factors relied
    upon by the Board in adopting the general regulations
    applicable to that petitioner;
    (2)
    The existence of those factors justifies an adjusted
    standard;
    (3)
    The requested standard will not result in environmental
    or health effects substantially and significantly more
    adverse than the effects considered by the Board in
    adopting the rule of general applicability; and
    (4)
    The adjusted standard is consistent with any applicable
    federal law.
    (415 ILCS 5/28.1(c))
    PROCEDURAL HISTORY
    Solar originally filed a petition for adjusted standard on
    February 14,
    1994.
    On March
    3,
    1994,
    the Board issued an order
    finding this petition deficient,
    and directing Solar to submit an
    amended petition by April 15,
    1994.
    On April
    1,
    1994,
    Solar and
    the Agency moved for an extension of time to file an amended
    petition,
    i.e.,
    until May 27,
    1994.
    That motion was granted by
    Board order
    or
    Apr11 24,
    1994.
    Arter several more joint motions
    requesting additional time to file, all of which were granted,
    Solar filed its amended petition on January
    3,
    1995, which was
    accepted by the Board on January 11,
    1995.
    During the time intervening the initial filing and the
    amended petition, Solar and the Agency negotiated regarding the

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    relief requested by Solar.
    Prior to the amended petition being
    filed, the Agency reviewed the draft of the same and asked that
    Solar prepare a Technical Support Document
    (TSD) which would
    provide additional support for the adjusted standard sought by
    Solar.
    The fifth joint extension of time filed October 26,
    1994
    and
    granted by the Board on November 3,
    1994 was to afford Solar
    time to prepare such TSD.
    The TSD was filed along with the
    January
    3,
    1995 amended petition.
    Solar requested trade secret
    protection for two exhibits attached to the TSD, pursuant to 35
    Ill. Adm. Code 120.201, which has been afforded by the Board
    since that time.
    At the time the amended petition was filed, Solar and the
    Agency still had some unresolved underlying issues.
    They
    successfully resolved those issues, and on February 28,
    1995,
    they filed a joint motion for co-petitioner status, attached to
    which was proposed language for the adjusted standard amending
    the language proposed in the January
    3 amended petition.
    The
    Board granted that motion and accepted the amended proposed
    language by order dated March
    9,
    1995.
    On April
    7,
    1995 a
    hearing was held in this matter in Libertyville, Illinois before
    hearing officer June Edvenson.
    Kenneth Formanski and Greg Miller
    testified on behalf of Solar, and
    John Blazis testified on
    behalf of the Agency.
    Board Member McFawri, her assistant,
    Kevin
    Desharnais and technical assistant Anand Rao were present.
    No
    members of the public were present.
    On May 3,
    1095,
    Solar filed
    a motion to correct the transcripts, which is hereby granted.
    On
    May 5,
    1995,
    Solar and the Agency filed a joint motion to modify
    the proposed adjusted standard language adding, in pertinent
    part,
    a specific commitment by Solar to continue its research and
    development efforts to find alternatives to solvent—based
    adhesives.
    That motion is also hereby granted.
    RULE OF GENERAL APPLICABILITY
    Solar seeks
    an adjusted standard from the air emission
    control requirements of 35 Iii. Adm. Code Part 218 Subpart PP,
    which is entitled Miscellaneous Fabricated Product Manufacturing
    Processes.
    The Board notes that Solar filed the initial adjusted
    standard petition on February 14,
    1994,
    i.e.,
    within 20 days of
    the effective date of those RACT requirements.
    Therefore,
    Solar
    is exempt from these requirements until the Board’s final
    decision on this petition.
    Absent a grant of the requested
    adjusted standard, the following requirements would become
    applicable to Solar:
    1.
    Emissions capture and control techniques which achieve
    an overall reduction in uncontrolled VOM emissions of
    at least 21 percent;
    or
    2.
    Use of adhesives that do not exceed 3.5 pounds of VON
    per gallon; or

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    3.
    An equivalent alternative control plan which has been
    approved by the Agency and the U.S. EPA in a federally
    enforceable permit or as
    a State Implementation Plan
    (SIP)
    revision.
    (35 Ill.
    Adm. Code 218.926.)
    Of most concern to Solar is the daily weighted average
    content of coating limitation of 3.5 pounds
    of
    volatile organic
    materials
    (VON) per gallon when miscellaneous fabricated products
    are manufactured.
    This limitation was originally adopted as RACT
    in R91-7, PACT Deficiencies in the Chicago Area:
    Amendments to
    35 Ill. Adm. Code Part 215 and the Addition of Part 218 (July 25,
    1991), and was initially applicable only to major sources with
    actual VOM emissions in excess of 100 tons per year
    (tpy).
    In
    response to the Federal Implementation Plan adopted by the U.S.
    EPA, the Board later amended the applicability threshold to a
    maximum theoretical emissions
    (MTE)
    of VON of 100 tpy or more for
    Chicago-area sources in R93-9,
    Omnibus Cleanup of the VON PACT
    Rules Applicable to Ozone Nonattainment Areas
    (September 9,1993).
    In R93-14, PACT for Major Sources Emitting VON in Chicago
    Nonattainment Area:
    25 Tons
    (January 6,
    1994), the applicability
    threshold for Chicago area sources was again amended to include
    miscellaneous fabricated product manufacturing processes with
    potential to emit
    (PTE) of 25 tpy or more of VON, but which have
    NTE of VOM
    less
    than 100 tpy.
    These
    25 tpy sources, which
    include the Solar facility located in Libertyville, are now
    regulated as major sources, and the date of compliance with
    Subpart PP is March 15,
    1995.
    Prior to the adoption of the rules
    R93-14, Solar had not been regulated by the 100 tpy rules at
    Subpart PP.
    In lieu of compliance with the 3.5 pound per gallon
    limitation, Solar requests an emission limitation of 5.75 pounds
    per gallon
    (0.69 kg/i)
    for sources at its Libertyville facility,
    subject to certain recordceeping
    restrictions.
    BACKGROUND
    Solar owns and operates a plant of approximately 250,000
    square feet in Libertyville, Lake County,
    Illinois.
    At this
    facility, which is approximately
    35 miles north of Chicago, and
    within the Chicago area source non-attainment area for ozone,
    Solar employees approximately 750 persons.
    There, Solar produces
    custom-made,
    fabric-covered plastic decorative components ror
    customers manufacturing electronic home and office products, and
    a wide variety of fabric—covered interior automotive products for
    automotive manufacturers.
    The decorative component3 produced by
    Solar include speaker grills for stereos and televisions,
    pressure—formed thermoplastic back enclosures for television
    sets,
    and other decorative molded parts and fabric wrapped sub-

    assemblies.
    The automotive interior products include speaker
    grills,
    vinyl and fabric clad door trim components, injection
    molded decorative subassemblies,
    seat trim components, and
    electric subassemblies.
    Production or these products occurs on a three—shift basis,
    five days a week.
    Solar is known as a “job shop” because it does
    not maintain an inventory of fabric—covered plastic parts readily
    available to ship on demand to its customers.
    Instead, Solar
    produces particular component parts upon demand.
    When Solar
    receives an order from one of its customers,
    Solar quickly re—
    tools as necessary to produce the part, produces it,
    and promptly
    ships the product out.
    This may require Solar to make as many as
    30 to 35 line changes per day.
    (TSD at 4.)
    At hearing, Miller,
    a
    senior manufacturing engineer at Solar, testified that 40 to 100
    line changes can occur, depending on the product load that day.
    (Tr.
    at
    29.)
    He later explained in a different context that line
    changes involve changing the “nests” for each different product
    parts, and sometimes also the location of the auto—spray
    machines.
    (Tr. at 62.)
    The production of fabric-covered plastic parts by Solar
    requires the application of adhesives,
    which contain and emit
    VOM,
    to the plastic part prior to fabric application.
    Solar’s
    customers’ requirements dictate the type of fabric to be applied
    to various plastic parts and specifies the adhesion requirements
    that must be demonstrated and provided by the adhesives used by
    Solar.
    Both the plastic parts and the adhesives must withstand a
    wide range of temperatures and humidities.
    The adhesives must
    ensure that the fabric applied will adequately bond and maintain
    its adhesion through the life of the plastic part.
    ADHESIVES and VON EMISSIONS
    Most adhesives used by Solar contain VON in amounts greater
    than 3.5 pounds per gallon.
    The annual VON emissions from all
    adhesives for the years 1990 through 1994 were 27.35 Tons
    (P),
    40.15
    T,
    29.14 T,
    44.68 T and 39.80 T per year,
    respectively.
    (Ex.3)
    The most used adhesive is Imperial 3317, which contains
    5.49 pounds per gallon of VON.
    Miller estimated that Imperial
    3317
    is used in approximately 70 to 75 percent of Solar’s
    production.
    (Pr.
    at 30.)
    In the years 1990 through 1994,
    its use
    accounted for 27.35 T,
    38.22 T,
    29.41
    T,
    43.65
    T, and 32.00 T per
    year, respectively.
    (Ex.
    2) As discussed in more detail at page
    6
    of this opinion,
    its VON content has been reduced by
    approximately one half to three quarters of a pound of VON per
    gallon.
    (Tr. at 31.)
    The total VON emissions from all sources,
    including adhesives,
    paints and solvents in the years 1990
    through 1994 are 68.24
    T,
    88.90 T,
    73.07 T,
    89.90
    T,
    and 95.50 T
    per year,
    respectively.
    (Ex.1)

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    APPLICATION OF SOLVENT-BASED ADHESIVES
    To apply the adhesives to plastic parts, Solar uses either
    manual spray guns or “auto—spray” machines.
    The manual
    application by spray guns takes place in eleven spray booths
    currently permitted by the Agency.
    The auto-spray machines,
    of
    which there are nine permitted at the time of hearing, and two
    others to come on line shortly, are custom-made and deliver a
    pre-measured amount or adhesives,
    eliminating the over spray
    incurred with manual spray guns.
    However, the auto—spray
    machines cannot be used in all applications because, with one
    exception, they can only apply adhesives on an X/Y axis.
    Manual
    spray guns must be used to apply adhesives to irregularly shaped
    or curved plastic parts.
    (Ain.Pet. at
    8; TSD at 10; Tr.
    at 34-
    36.)
    Solar has calculated that each auto—spray machine emits
    only 2.45 pounds of VON per eight hour shift,
    in comparison to a
    manual spray gun which emits an estimated 14.03 pounds of VON per
    eight hour shift.
    (Am.Pet.
    at
    7; TSD at 8-9;
    Tr.
    at 34-35.)
    These calculations for VON emissions were based on material usage
    observations comparing adhesive usage by auto—spray machines and
    manual spray guns over a one week period.
    COMPLIANCE ALTERNATIVES
    To achieve compliance with the 25 ton RACT rules, Solar
    investigated:
    (1) reformulation of adhesives;
    (2) water—based
    adhesives;
    (3) alternatives to adhesives; and
    (4)
    catalytic
    oxidation.
    Each alternative compliance method is discussed
    below.
    Reformulation of Adhesives.
    Early on,
    Solar began
    investigating reformulating the adhesives.
    Initially,
    reformulation allowed Solar to reduce the VON content in the
    adhesive most widely used from 6.02 to 5.49 pounds per gallon,
    raising the percent of solids from 20 percent to 30 percent.
    Further reduction could not be achieved without increasing the
    solids content to 50 per cent, which would result in an adhesive
    so viscous that it could not be applied with either the manual
    gun or auto—spray.
    Solar also investigated substituting acetone
    for either toluene or methylene ketone; neither was technically
    feasible because satisfactory bonding of the fabric to the
    plastic substrate could
    not
    occur
    without either volatile
    component.
    (TSD at 1-11;
    Tr.
    30-32; Am.Pet. at 9.)
    Water-Based Adhesives.
    Solar currently uses two water-
    based adhesives.
    Investigations began in 1987 into water-based
    adhesives, resulted in Solar being able to replace
    a two-
    component solvent—based adhesive with a water-based adhesive,
    thereby reducing emissions associated with adhesives by at least

    /
    10 percent.
    This water-based adhesive is applied using a
    laminating process, which only works well with flat, two
    dimensional surfaces.
    (Tr.
    at 50—15.)
    The second type of water-based adhesive is used to apply
    vinyl to a plastic substrate in Solar’s vacuum—forming process.
    Solar anticipates that two to three percent of its production
    in
    1996 will involve this process.
    (Tr.
    at
    49.)
    This glue has a
    reportable VON content of 1.88 pounds per gallon,
    compared to the
    glue formerly used which had approximately 84 percent methylene
    ketone, which represents approximately six pounds per gallon of
    VON.
    Adhesiveless Processes.
    Solar also investigated
    alternatives to adhesives,
    conducting test trials with sonic
    welding and a heat plate.
    Sonic welding proved unsatisfactory
    for technical and economic reasons.
    Technically,
    sonic welding
    only works
    if the plastic edges are joined at
    90 degree angles.
    Many of the plastic parts are not flat,
    and therefore cannot be
    welded in that manner.
    (Tr. at 58-61.)
    The capital cost for 10
    sonic welding machines was estimated at $750,000, with operating
    (retooling) costs of $500,000 for a total of $1,250,000.
    Retooling would have to occur on an annual basis since the
    products produced by Solar’s customers change year to year.
    (TSD
    p.13,
    Am.Pet.
    p.11.)
    At hearing, Miller lowered that estimate to
    $1 Million based upon an estimate of $3,600 per new nest,
    i.e.,
    retooling,
    for
    a total of $360,000
    in annual retooling costs plus
    the $750,000
    in capital costs.
    (Tr.
    at 63.)
    Solar also investigated and now uses
    a heat plate to bond
    cloth to plastic, which
    is an adhesiveless process.
    For this
    process to be feasible, the plastic part must have sufficient
    cross section to withstand the heat generated in bonding.
    Currently,
    Solar uses this process for approximately 20 per cent
    of the fabric covered plastic parts.
    since this process uses no
    adhesives, the VOM formerly emitted in applying the fabric to
    these plastic parts
    is reduced to zero.
    (Tr.
    at 52-54.)
    Catalytic Oxidation.
    Solar also investigated catalytic
    oxidation as add—on controls as a means of achieving 81 per cent
    capture and control of VON emissions from the manual spray booths
    and auto-spray machines.
    The estimated costs were $25,000 and
    $10,000 per ton for the manual spray guns and auto-spray
    machines, respectively.
    Solar believes these costs to be
    economically unreasonable.
    In sum,
    Solar has designed and purchased new processes,
    products
    and
    equipment to
    reduce
    its VON emissions,
    even before
    Subpart PP became applicable to the Libertyville facility.
    Solar
    has investigated reformulated adhesives.
    In 1989,
    Solar replaced
    one of the adhesives frequently used,
    that had a VON content of

    a
    6.02 pounds per gallon, with
    a higher solids adhesive that has
    only 5.49 pounds per gallon of VON.
    (TSD
    p.
    at
    11; Am.Pet. at
    p.12.) Also,
    where feasible,
    Solar has replaced high VON content
    adhesives with water—based adhesives, which contain virtually no
    VOM.
    It has automated its spraying operations to the maximum
    extent possible to date,
    and switched to a heat plate process for
    bonding fabric to 20 percent of the fabric covered plastic parts
    it produces,
    eliminating VON emissions entirely from that portion
    of its production.
    In
    a comparison of adhesive used in 1993 and 1994, two years
    in which the amount of Solar’s business was relatively the same,
    Solar used approximately 2,000 gallons less of adhesives in the
    latter year.
    Solar attributes that reduction for the most part
    to the heat plate process and,
    in lesser part,
    to an increased
    use in the auto—spray machines over the manual spray guns.
    (Tr.
    at 74—89.)
    Solar believes that the measures taken by it over the
    years to research, develop and implement alternative technologies
    and adhesives represent all that is technically feasible and
    economically reasonable at this time.
    They also represent a
    commitment by Solar to aggressively investigate and implement
    processes which reduce the amount of VON emitted by their
    operations.
    HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS
    The petitioners assert that the impact to general air
    quality will be insignificant based upon the emission data of VON
    from the adhesives used by Solar and that the requested adjusted
    standard
    will
    have no adverse impact on
    health
    or
    the
    environment.
    With respect to air quality, Solar estimates the maximum VON
    emissions per day will be significantly less than one ton per day
    should it receive the requested adjusted standard’.
    Based upon
    the Agency’s total daily emission
    of
    von
    from
    all sources in Lake
    County at 113.62 tons,
    Solar’s contribution given the requested
    relief
    will
    be
    significantly
    less than one percent of the total
    daily VON emissions in Lake County.
    (TSD at 14.)
    Based upon its
    ‘Solar
    made this representation
    at a time that it was requesting an adjusted standard
    which
    would have allowed it to
    use a
    “specialty adhesive”
    with
    an
    emission
    limit of 8.2
    pounds per
    gallon.
    That request
    was
    subsequently withdrawn
    because Solar learned that the
    solvent in this
    adhesive,
    methylene chloride
    was
    not defined as a VOM.
    Solar never
    quantified how
    much of its daily
    VOM emissions were attributable
    to
    this specialty
    adhesive,
    but
    attributed .84 tpy
    to the
    specialty
    adhesive.
    Since the
    daily effect is
    something less than
    that represented
    in the Amended
    Petition, the
    Board
    will rely
    upon Solar’s annual
    representations primarily
    when assessing the environmental impact of the requested adjusted
    standard.

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    1993
    adhesive
    usage,
    Solar
    estimates
    that
    the
    total
    VON emissions
    will
    be
    45.72
    tpy.
    If
    Solar
    were
    to comply with Subpart PP using
    adhesives
    with
    a
    maximum VON content of
    3.5
    pounds
    per
    gallon,
    the
    result
    would
    be
    VON emissions of
    28 tpy,
    as compared to the
    1993
    47.5
    tpy.
    The
    difference
    is
    approximately
    20
    tpy
    or
    0.054
    tons
    per
    day,
    which
    Solar
    contends
    would have no quantifiable
    effect on ambient ozone levels in the Chicago area ozone non—
    attainment area.
    (Am.Pet. at
    16.)
    With respect to other impacts on the environment,
    Solar
    explained
    that
    its
    solid
    waste generation will remain the same
    whether
    it
    complies
    with
    Subpart
    PP
    or
    the
    proposed
    adjusted
    standard.
    However,
    Solar explained that the proposed adjusted
    standard
    will
    result
    in
    lower
    energy
    usage
    and
    costs.
    Since no
    compliant
    adhesives
    are
    available,
    Solar would have to attempt
    compliance
    using
    the
    81
    percent
    capture
    and
    control
    compliance
    alternative.
    While
    the
    result
    would
    be
    a
    very
    dilute VON
    concentration in the exhaust stream,
    this compliance alternative
    would require using large amounts of natural gas to provide
    sufficient heat for adequate VON destruction, assuming that this
    air stream could in fact becaptured.
    (TSD at
    13; Am.Pet.
    at
    16.)
    At hearing, the Agency stated its conclusion that the
    hardship resulting from the denial of the adjusted standard would
    outweigh any environmental impact from the grant of the relief
    requested.
    (Tr.
    at 101.)
    CONSISTENCY WITH FEDERAL LAW
    The petitioners assert that the proposed adjusted standard
    would be consistent with
    federal
    law.
    They
    assert
    that
    the
    proposed
    alternative
    standard
    constitutes
    PACT
    for the
    Libertyville
    facility,
    and
    is
    therefore
    consistent
    with
    the
    federal
    Clean
    Air
    Act.
    (Am.
    Pet. at 17.)
    solar notes that
    should the adjusted standard be granted by the Board,
    it will be
    submitted as
    a SIP revision as the RACT rule specific to Solar,
    thus comporting with federal procedural requirements.
    CONCLUSION
    The Board finds that the joint petitioners have demonstrated
    that an adjusted standard is appropriate for the Solar facility
    in Libertyville, Illinois.
    They have demonstrated that no other
    technologies or alternative adhesives,
    other than those currently
    in use,
    are available at this time which are technologically
    feasible and economically reasonable for Solar’s manufacturing
    process.
    Furthermore, they have presented proof adequate to
    support the following findings by the Board on the criteria set
    out Section 28.1(c)
    of the Act.

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    Solar did not participate in the R93-14 rulemaking which
    contains the technical support justifying
    RACT
    for adhesives.
    However,
    as Solar pointed out, that record did not contain
    specific technical support about the application of fabric to
    plastic parts.
    Solar explained that it did not participate in
    that rulemaking because it believed that Its research and
    development efforts would allow it to achieve compliance with
    Subpart PP.
    Instead, through diligent research and development
    efforts Solar has achieved reductions in its
    VOM
    smissions
    and
    is
    using technology and adhesives which represent RACT for its
    manufacturing operation.
    We find that this evidence demonstrates
    that factors relating to Solar’s operations are substantially and
    significantly different from those relied upon by the Board in
    adopting the rule of general applicability, and that these
    factors warrant the granting of an adjusted standard.
    We further find that the evidence presented by Solar
    concerning its VOM emissions and the impact on air quality and
    other aspects
    of
    the
    environment
    demonotrates that the proposed
    alternative standard will not impact human health or the
    environment
    substantially
    or
    significantly
    more
    adversely
    than
    the
    effects
    considered
    by
    the
    Board
    in
    adopting
    Subpart
    PP
    in
    the
    R93—l4
    rulemaking.
    Finally,
    petitioners
    have
    demonstrated
    that
    the
    proposed
    alternative
    standard
    will
    be
    consistent
    with
    federal
    law.
    Accordingly,
    the
    proposed
    adjusted
    standard
    is granted,
    subject to conditions suggested by the joint petitioners.
    This opinion constitutes the Board’s findings of fact and
    conclusions of law in this matter.
    ORDER
    Solar is hereby granted an adjusted standard from the
    control requirements found at 35 Ill. Adm. Code 218.Subpart PP
    for its facility located at 100 Solar Drive in Libertyville
    Township, Lake County,
    Illinois,
    subject to the following
    provisions and conditions:
    1)
    The emission limitation of VOM for the adhesive applied
    for
    joining
    fabric
    to
    plastic
    parts
    at sources subject
    to this adjusted standard is:
    kg/l
    lb/gal
    Adhesive
    0.69
    (5.75)
    2)
    The above emission limitation is expressed in units of
    VON per volume of ud1ie~ive
    (minus
    water and any
    compounds which are specifically exempted from the
    definition of VOM)
    as applied by each adhesive
    applicator.
    Compounds which are specifically exempted

    11
    from
    the
    definition
    of
    VON
    shall
    be
    treated
    as
    water
    for
    the
    purpose
    of
    calculating
    the
    “less
    water”
    part
    of
    the
    coating
    composition.
    3)
    Compliance with this adjusted standard must be
    demonstrated through the applicable coating analysis
    test
    methods
    and
    procedures
    specified
    at
    35
    Ill.
    Adm.
    Code 218.105(a) and the recordkeeping and reporting
    requirements specified at 35 Ill. Adm.
    Code
    218.211(c).
    4)
    Solar
    shall
    continue
    its
    research
    and
    development
    efforts regarding alternatives to solvents-based
    adhesives and will utilize such alternatives as they
    become available,
    if and when they are technically
    feasible and economically reasonable.
    IT
    IS
    SO
    ORDERED.
    Section
    41
    of
    the
    Environmental
    Protection
    Act
    (415
    ILCS
    5/41
    (1994)
    provides
    for
    the
    appeal
    of
    final
    Board
    orders
    within
    35
    days
    of
    the
    date
    of
    service
    of
    this
    order.
    The
    Rules
    of
    the
    Supreme
    Court
    of
    Illinois
    establish
    filing
    requirements.
    (See
    also
    35
    Ill.
    Adm.
    Code
    101.246
    “Notions
    for
    Reconsideration”.)
    I,
    Dorothy
    Gunn,
    Clerk
    of
    the
    Illinois
    Pollution
    Control
    Board,
    hereby
    certify
    that
    opinion
    and
    order
    was
    adopted
    on
    the2öZZL~day
    of
    ,
    1995,
    by
    a
    vote
    of
    I
    ion
    Control
    Board

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