ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD

January 24,

1980

GAF

CORPORATION,

a Delaware

corporation,

Petitioner,

v.

)

PCB 80—14

ENVIRONNENTAL

PROTECTION

AGENCY,

Resoondent.

ORDER OF THE BOARD

(by Dr. Satchell):

On January

18,

1980 GAF Corporation

(GAF)

filed a petition

for variance requesting relief from Section 12(f)

of the Environ-

mental Protection Act

(Act)

which proscribes violation of terms

or conditions

of NPDES permits.

Since the Board does not favor

variances

from the Act itself,

the petition

is dismissed.

It

appears that GAF

is requesting exemption from conditions of an

outstanding permit to allow non-conforming discharges during

maintenance operations.

In such a case relief by way of a

supplemental permit application addressed to the Environmental

Prc’toction Agency may be more approPriate.

In

the event the

discharges could violate Board regulations,

a variance may be

necessary from the Board rules.

IT

IS SO

ORDERED,

I, Christan L.

Moffett,

Clerk of the Illinois Pollution

Control~poard~he eby certify the above Order was adopted on

the

~LI

~day

~

,

1980 by a vote of

_____

Illinois Pol

trol Board

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