ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
    February 3,
    1994
    MINNESOTA MINING
    AND
    )
    MANUFACTURING
    COMPANY,
    )
    Petitioner,
    )
    v.
    )
    PCB 91—162
    )
    (Variance)
    )
    ILLINOIS ENVIRONMENTAL
    PROTECTION AGENCY,
    )
    )
    Respondent.
    ORDER OF THE BOARD
    (by M. McFawn):
    On January 24,
    1994,
    Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Co.,
    (3M)
    filed a status report as required by the Board’s order of
    August 26,
    1993.
    3M reports that a decision anticipated from
    United State Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) affecting
    3M’s petition for variance has not been issued as of January 24,
    1994,
    but that Steve Rosenthal of USEPA informed 3M’s counsel by
    telephone that USEPA would issue a decision within a few months.
    Based on this,
    3M believes that this matter should be continued
    until such time as USEPA issues its decision.
    Since Nay, 1991 3M has had a Federal Implementation Plan
    Revision Petition (FIP Petition) pending before the USEPA
    addressing its capture efficiency
    (CE) protocol.
    With its FIP
    Petition and this Variance Petition,
    3M is seeking to continue to
    use its present method of demonstrating capture efficiency of
    volatile organic materials.
    Previously,
    3M has reported to the
    Board that USEPA would delay a decision on its FIP Petition until
    completing its own study of alternative CE methods.
    In its
    August
    2 Status Report,
    3M reported that during a July 29th
    telephone conversation, USEPA’s Office of Regional Counsel for
    Region V stated that a decision on CE protocols was then
    imminent.
    It was not forthcoming, thus the renewed request for a
    continuance.
    The decision date in this matter has been waived until
    December 31,
    1994.
    The parties are directed to file an updated
    status report on or before August
    1,
    1994.
    The parties are also
    directed to keep the Board advised of any decision or action by
    USEPA concerning the CE protocol
    in the interim.
    IT IS SO ORDERED.
    2
    I, Dorothy M. Gunn,
    Clerk of the Illinois Pollution Control
    Boftrd, hereby certify~thatthe above order was adopted on the
    ~7’~’day of ___________________________,
    1994, by a vote of
    //,N~~
    Dorothy M. Gup~,Clerk
    Illinois Po11~AtionControl Board

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