ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
    March
    3,
    1994
    IN THE MATTER OF:
    )
    )
    PETITION OF REYNOLDS
    )
    AS 91-8
    METAL
    COMPANY
    FOR
    ADJUSTED
    )
    (Adjusted Standard)
    STANDARD
    FROM 35
    ILL.
    ADM.
    )
    CODE 218.980
    )
    ORDER OF THE
    BOARD
    (by C.A. Manning):
    This matter
    is before the Board pursuant to a status report
    filed by Reynolds Metal Company
    (Reynolds)
    on February 24,
    1994.
    On September
    4,
    1991,
    Reynolds filed a Petition for an Adjusted
    Standard.
    On January 23,
    1992,
    the Board accepted this matter for
    hearing,
    but at the request of Petitioner,
    delayed assigning a
    hearing officer
    because,
    as argued by
    Petitioner,
    the petition
    could result in a revision to the State Implementation Plan (SIP).
    Before a revision to the SIP can be accepted, the USEPA must first
    revise
    the
    Federal
    Implementation
    Plan
    (FIP).
    Reynolds
    has
    petitioned the USEPA for the revision of the FIP and is awaiting
    the decision.
    On June 23,
    1992, the USEPA published a notice in the Federal
    Register staying the effectiveness of 40 CFR 52.741(x) and
    (y) as
    they
    apply
    to
    Reynolds,
    to
    allow
    the USEPA
    to
    reconsider the
    applicability of these rules to Reynolds. The notice stated that
    USEPA
    is
    proceeding
    expeditiously
    with
    reconsideration.
    On
    September
    22,
    1993,
    the USEPA published a Proposed Rule
    in the
    Federal Register which proposed revisions to the FIP consisting of
    site specific control requirements for Reynolds’ aluminum rolling
    operations.
    Comments were accepted until October 22,
    1993, and
    according to the December 13, 1993 status report, Reynolds was the
    only
    commenter
    on
    the
    proposed
    rule,
    requesting
    a
    minor
    clarification in the language.
    The February 24, 1994 status report
    indicates that the USEPA has not yet published the final rule.
    Based
    on the USEPA’s stay
    of the
    effectiveness
    of
    40
    CFR
    52.741(x) and (y), on February 4,
    1993 the Board originally stayed
    the proceedings
    in this matter
    until May
    4,
    1993,
    and
    has on
    several occasions, extended the stay.
    We hereby extend the stay in
    this case until Thursday, June 23,
    1994.
    Reynolds is directed to
    file an updated status report either on or before Thursday, June
    16,
    1994,
    or within
    14 days after the USEPA publishes the final
    rule.
    The
    status
    report
    should
    indicate
    whether the
    rule
    is
    finally
    promulgated
    by
    USEPA
    (if
    applicable,
    the
    date
    of
    the
    published
    final
    rule),
    whether
    this
    adjusted
    standard
    docket
    continues to be necessary and whether additional status reports are
    desirable.
    Reynolds should also request an extension of the stay
    if one is required.
    2
    IT IS SO ORDERED.
    I,
    Dorothy N. Gunn,
    Clerk of the Illinois Pollution Control
    Boar~, h~reby certify that the above
    order was adopted on the
    A-c”-
    day
    of
    ____________________,
    1994,
    by
    a
    vote
    of
    on Control Board

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