ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
August 24,
1995
MINNESOTA MINING
AND
)
MANUFACTURING COMPANY,
)
)
Petitioner,
v.
)
PCB 91—162
(Variance
-
Air)
ILLINOIS ENVIRONMENTAL
)
PROTECTION AGENCY,
)
Respondent.
ORDER OF THE BOARD
(by M. McFawn):
This matter
is before the Board on a joint status report
filed by petitioner Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Co.
(3M)
and the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency
(Agency)
on
August
1,
1995.
This status report was timely submitted in
response to a February 9,
1995 Board order.
As in their previous status report,
filed February
1,
1995,
the parties state that 3M is seeking a variance from 35 Ill.
Adm.
Code 218.105(c), which requires that the capture of VOM emissions
from paper coating lines be demonstrated after construction of a
total closure around the source to contain fugitive emissions.
This section of the Board rules
is identical to and derived from
Section 52.741(a) (4)
of the Federal Implementation Plan for Ozone
(FIP).
3M filed a request to revise the FIP with the United
States Environmental Protection Agency
(USEPA)
in May 1991.
The
parties assert that USEPA stated it would delay its decision on
3M’s FIP revision request until
it issued a revised capture
efficiency guidance document.
The Agency has indicated it will
follow USEPA’s decision on capture efficiency protocols.
The parties report that the USEPA issued its Revised Capture
Efficiency Guidance on February
7,
1995.
However, USEPA has not
yet issued its decision on 3M’s FIP revision petition.
3M is now
investigating whether the use of statistical methods contained in
the Revised Guidance will enable 3M to demonstrate compliance
with the capture efficiency requirements.
The parties therefore
believe that this matter should be continued until USEPA issues
its decision on 3M’s FIP revision petition.
They request that
the Board order another status report to be filed on or before
February
1,
1996.
The parties note that 3M has filed a waiver of
the decision deadline until December 31,
1996.
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The Board accepts the joint status report.
As requested by
the parties, the next status report in this matter must be filed
on or before February 1,
1996.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
I, Dorothy N. Gunn,
Clerk of the Illinois Pollution Control
Board
hereby certif
that the above order was adopted on the
________day of
_________________
1995,
by
a vote of
7~c~
Dorothy N.
Illinois
Clerk
lution Control Board