ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
    February 9,
    1995
    MINNESOTA MINING
    AND
    )
    MANUFACTURING
    COMPANY,
    )
    Petitioner,
    )
    v.
    )
    PCB 91—162
    )
    (Variance
    —
    Air)
    ILLINOIS ENVIRONMENTAL
    )
    PROTECTION AGENCY,
    )
    )
    Respondent.
    ORDER OR THE BOARD
    (M. NcFawn):
    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
    February
    1,
    1995.
    In their status report, the parties state that
    3M seeks a variance from 35 Adin. Code Section 218.105(c), which
    is identical to and derived from Section 52.741(a) (4)
    of the
    Federal Implementation Plan (FIP).
    3M has petitioned the United
    States Environmental Protection Agency
    (TJSEPA)
    for a FIP revision
    to address its difficulty with the FIP capture efficiency
    protocol.
    The parties assert that USEPA has stated that it will
    delay its decision on 3M’s FIP revision petition until USEPA
    completes its study of alternative capture efficiency methods.
    The parties further assert that,
    in a January 31,
    1995 phone
    call,
    Dr. Robert Stallings of USEPA stated that a guidance
    document concerning capture efficiency protocols will be issued
    shortly.
    The Agency has indicated that it will follow USEPA’s
    decision on capture efficiency protocols.
    The parties therefore
    believe that this matter should be continued until USEPA issues
    its decision.
    The parties note that 3M has filed a waiver of the
    decision deadline until December 31,
    1995.
    The Board accepts the joint status report.
    As requested by
    the parties, the next status report in this matter must be filed
    by August
    1,
    1995 or such time as the USEPA takes action on the
    pending FIP, whichever is earlier.
    IT IS SO ORDERED.
    I, Dorothy M. Gunn,
    Clerk of the Illinois Pollution Control
    Board,
    hereby cer ify that the above order was adopted on the
    ctc~.
    day
    of
    e4~~
    1995,
    by
    a
    vote
    of
    ________
    Dorothy M. ~unn,
    Clerk
    Illinois i~x1lutionControl Board
    ‘I

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