ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD

November 16, 1995

IN THE MATTER OF:

PETITION OF ABBOTT LABORATORIES

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AS 94-5

FOR AN ADJUSTED STANDARD FROM

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(Adjusted Standard-Air)

35 ILL.

ADM.

CODE 218 SUBPART RR

ORDER OF THE BOARD

(by J. Theodore Meyer):

This matter is before the Board on a joint motion for an

extension of stay and a joint status report filed on September

1,

1995 by Abbott Laboratories and the Illinois Environmental

Protection Agency (Agency).

The parties state that the present

matter is subject to a stay pending approval of the United States

Environmental Protection Agency of rulemaking R94-31,

an

amendment to 35

Ill. Adm.

Code 218 Subpart

T.

On October 28,

1994,

the Agency submitted to the Board

proposed rule In the Matter of:

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ROP Plan Control Measures of

VOM Emissions

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Part V:

Control of VON Emissions from

Lithographic Printing: Amendments to

35

Ill.

AdTn. Code Parts 211,

218 and 219.

This was ultimately published as a final rule on

May 19,

1995,

and effective May 9,

1995.

The parties further report that on July 13,

1995 the USEPA

made a finding of completeness

for R94—31,

but requested another

cover letter referencing the specific RACT amendment applicable

to Moline’s SIP Submittal.

The Agency submitted the requested

cover letter and the parties await USEPA final approval.

The

parties accordingly request that the stay in this matter be

extended.

The motion for stay is granted until January 16,

1996.

The

parties are directed to file status reports, either jointly or

separately,

no later than January 16,

1996.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

I,

Dorothy M. Gunn,

Clerk of the Illinois Pollution Control

Board, hereby certif.

that the above order was adopted on the

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day of

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1995,

by a vote of

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L_~’DorothyM.,4unn, Clerk

Illinois

ilution Control Board