ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL
BOARD--
November 4, 1993
SHELL OIL COMPANY,
)
Petitioner,
v.
)
PCB 93—208
)
(Provisional Variance)
ILLINOIS ENVIRONMENTAL
)
PROTECTION AGENCY,
)
)
Respondent.
ORDER OF THE BOARD (by C. A. Manning):
Pursuant to Section 35(b) of the Environmental Protection
Act (Act) (415 ILCS 5/35(b)), Shell Oil Company has requested
that the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (Agency)
recommend that the Board grant a provisional variance to allow
several of Shell Oil Company’s gasoline dispensing operations
(service stations) to continue operating even though they will
not have installed operational vapor recovery equipment by
November 1, 1993. Such request for a provisional variance and
the Notification of Recommendation was filed with the Board by
the Agency on Tuesday, November 2, 1993. Pursuant to Section
35(b) of the Act, the Board must issue the variance within two
(2) days of this filing.
Specifically, the Agency recommends that we grant Shell Oil
Company a forty—five (45)—day provisional variance for one—
hundred and twenty one (121) of its facilities located in six (6)
Counties in the Chicago metropolitan statistical area from the
Stage II vapor recovery requirements, as set forth in 35 Ill.
Adm. Code 218.586, for the period beginning November 1, 1993, and
continuing for forty-five (45) days or until the required vapor
recovery equipment is installed, whichever comes first.
The Agency’s provisional variance recommendation states that
Shell Oil Company has requested a provisional variance on behalf
of numerous of its service stations in the Chicago area, located
as follows:
County
Number of Stations
Cook
67
DuPage
23
Kane
4
Lake
10
McHenry
8
Will
9
The addresses of those stations are listed in an attachment to
the Agency’s recommendation as follows:
2
County
City or Village Street Address
Cook
BARRINGTON
100 NW HWY/MAIN
Cook
BERWYN
7143 W ROOSEVELT ROAD
Cook
BLUE ISLAND
11901 S WESTERN(GC)
Cook
BRIDGEVIEW
7901 S ROBERTS RD/79TH
Cook
BROADVIEW
2425 W ROOSEVELT RD
Cook
BURBANK
7900 S CICERO AVE
Cook
CHICAGO
4002 W. CHGO/PULASKI
Cook
CHICAGO
2013 N. LARAMIE/GRAND
Cook
CHICAGO
2401 W. ROOSEVELT/WI~ST
Cook
CHICAGO
1160 W. DIVERSEY/RACIN
Cook
CHICAGO
350 W. CHICAGO AVE
Cook
CHICAGO
11100 S CORLISS/I—94
Cook
CHICAGO
801 W GARFIELD/HALSTED
Cook
CHICAGO
2941 E 83RD/CONMERICAL
Cook
CHICAGO
7201 W. HIGGINS/HARLEM
Cook
CHICAGO
215-25 W 31ST ST/WELLS
Cook
CHICAGO
3201 W 26TH ST/KEDZIE
Cook
CHICAGO
3181 N. NILWAUKEE/BELN
Cook
CHICAGO
5701 N BROADWAY/HOLLYW
Cook
CHICAGO
30 W. ONTARIO/DEARBORN
Cook
CHICAGO
4401 N. CICERO/MONTROS
Cook
CHICAGO
4346 N. WESTERN
Cook
CHICAGO
5201 N. WESTERN/FOSTER
Cook
CHICAGO
6401 N. RIDGE/DEVON
Cook
CHICAGO
6000 N. WESTERN/PETERS
Cook
CHICAGO
130 W. NORTH/LASALLE
Cook
CHICAGO
505 N. ASHLAND/GRAND
Cook
CHICAGO
801 W. ADDISON
Cook
CHICAGO
1400 W FULLERTON/SOUTH
Cook
COUNTRYSIDE
6101 S LA GRANGE RD
Cook
DOLTON
1445 E SIBLEY/MICHIGAN
Cook
EVANSTON
101 RIDGE/HOWARD
Cook
EVERGREEN PARK
2635 W. 87TH
@
TALMAN
Cook
FOREST PARK
7201 W. MADISON
Cook
FRANKLIN PARK
9601 W. GRAND
Cook
HANOVER PARK
1597 W IRVING PK/BARRN
Cook
HOFFMAN ESTATES 2 E. HIGGINS
Cook
LA GRANGE
6701 JOLIET RD
Cook
LINCOLNWOOD
6400 LINCOLN/DEVON
Cook
LINCOLNWOOD
7201 N. CICERO/TOUHY
Cook
MATTESON
4755 VOLMER/CICERO
Cook
MAYWOOD
1209 S. 1ST AVE
Cook
MORTON GROVE
6941 W. DEMPSTER/WAUKE
Cook
MORTON GROVE
5600 DEMPSTER
Cook
MOUNT PROSPECT
927 5. BUSSE/GOLF
Cook
MOUNT PROSPECT
1798 S ELMHURST/ALGONQ
Cook
MOUNT PROSPECT
820 N. RIVER/EUCLID
Cook
NILES
5900 TOUHY/LEHIGH
Cook
NORTHLAKE
70 E. NORTH/PRATER
Cook
OAK LAWN
10601 S CICERO AVE. (GC
3
Cook
OAK FOREST
16702 S CICERO AVE
Cook
OAK PARK
1 W. HARRISON
Cook
PALATINE
1393 E. DUNDEE ROAD
Cook
PALOS PARK
13056 S LA GRANGE RD
Cook
PALOS HEIGHTS
12121 S RIDGELAND
Cook
PARK RIDGE
1200 TOUHY/GREENWOOD
Cook
PROSPECT HTS
2 N. ELMHURST/CP MCDON
Cook
RIVER FOREST
7201 W. NORTH/HARLEM
Cook
SCHAUMBURG
575 S. ROSELLE ROAD
Cook
SCHAUMBURG
517 MALL/HIGGINS
Cook
SCHAUMBURG
2291 MEACHUM/ALGONQUIN
Cook
SKOKIE
5025 OLD ORCHARD ROAD
Cook
SKOKIE
5055 W.
TOUHY
AVE
Cook
TINLEY PARK
17101 S HARLEM AVE
Cook
TINLEY PARK
8401 W 159TH ST.(GC)
Cook
WESTCHESTER
10200 W ROOSEVELT RD
Cook
WILMETTE
399 RIDGE/WILkETTE
DuPage
ADDISON
500
E. LAKE
DuPage
BENSENVILLE
4
W.
IRVING
PARK/YORK
DuPage
BLOOMINGDALE
201
E. LAKE
DuPage
BURR RIDGE
601 S FRONTAGE RD (GC)
DuPage
CAROL STREAM
106 W NORTH/GARY
DuPage
DARIEN
8226 S CASS
/
1-55
DuPage
DOWNERS GROVE
2212-50 OGDEN/BELMONT
DuPage
DOWNERS GROVE
10 S 281 LENONT RD/ I-
DuPage
ELMHURST
103 W. 3RD/YORK
DuPage
ELMHURST
654 W. NORTH/RT 83
DuPage
ELMHURST
301 W. BUTTERFIELD/SPR
DuPage
HINSDALE
210 E OGDEN/YORK
DuPage
LISLE
4300 LINCOLN/WARRENVIL
DuPage
LOMBARD
18W 622 ROOSEVELT/MEYE
DuPage
NAPERVILLE
1295 S RICKERT/75TH
DuPage
OAK BROOK
2210 W 22ND ST
DuPage
ROSELLE
4 IRVING PARX/ROSELLE
DuPage
VILLA PARK
401 E. ST CHARLES RD
DuPage
VILLA PARK
17W 621 ROOSEVELT/MIDW
DuPage
WHEATON
NEC NAPERVILLE/EAST LO
DuPage
WHEATON
100 W. GENEVA/MAIN
DuPage
WOOD DALE
110 E IRVING PK/WOOD D
DuPage
WOODRIDGE
7500 LENONT RD/75TH ST
Kane
CARPENTERSVILLE 25TH/HAZARD
Kane
GENEVA
1491 E STATE ST
@
KIRK
Kane
ST. CHARLES
2500 E. MAIN/DUNHAM
Kane
WEST DUNDEE
RT 31(8TH ST)/RT 72(MA
Lake
BUFFALO GROVE
50 E. LAKE/COOK
Lake
DEER PARK
20034 N HWY 12 LAKE/CO
Lake
DEERFIELD
655 WAUKEGAN/LONGFELLO
Lake
DEERFIELD
2 WAUKEGAN/COUNTYLINE
Lake
HIGHLAND
PARK
1411 PARK AVE
Lake
HIGHLAND PARK
10 SKOKIE HWY/CNTY LIN
Lake
LAKE FOREST
193 E. DEER PATH/OAKWO
Lake
LIBERTYVILLE
1207 W. PARK
4
Lake
MUNDELEIN
25809 N. MIDLOTHIAN
Lake
WAUKEGAN
2135 N. GREENBAY ROAD
McHenry
ALGONQUIN
2 N. MAIN(RT 31)/RT 62
McHenry
CRYSTAL
LAKE
681 TERRA COTTA (RTS.
McHenry
CRYSTAL LAKE
4811 NORTHWEST HWY
McHenry
CRYSTAL
LAKE
220 E. VIRGINIA/KEITH
McHenry
FOX RIVER GROVE 848 NORTHWEST HWY
NcHenry
MARENGO
302 E. GRANT ST.
NcHenry
MCHENRY
3110 W RT 120
McHenry
MCHENRY
2022 W.
ROUTE
120
Will
BOLINGBROOK
255 N NAPERVILLE/BOUGH
Will
CRETE
1400 E STEGER RD. /1—39
Will
FRANKFORT
7600 W RTE 30(GC)
Will
JOLIET
4230 W JEFFERSON(US 52
Will
JOLIET
3021 PLAINFIELD RD(US3
Will
LOCKPORT
12810 143RD
@
BELL
Will
LOCKPORT
15861 BELL RD. (GC)
Will
STEGER
3507 CHICAGO RD. (GC)
Will
STEGER
500 W 234TH ST/KING
Upon receipt of the request, the Agency issued its
recommendation, notifying the Board that the failure to grant the
requested forty—five (45)—day provisional variance would impose
an arbitrary or unreasonable hardship on Petitioner. The Agency
recommendation states that installation of Stage II vapor
recovery equipment at the Shell Oil Company facilities is not
possible by the November 1, 1993 deadline for compliance because
Dresser—Wayne is in the last stages of CARB approval for vacuum
assist vapor recovery equipment for its gasoline dispensers, and
that equipment will not be available before the compliance
deadline.
The Agency’s recommendation does not itself list which of
the various stations it recommends a grant of the provisional
variance. Rather, the recommendation directs the Board’s
attention to lengthy listings of stations for which Shell Oil
Company has requested a provisional variance. (Agency
Recommendation, Attachment 5.) That listing includes many
addresses that appear fragmentary. The Board has not corrected
or augmented those addresses in any way, so we cannot address
whether any of them are inadequate. The address information that
we obtained from the attachment to the recommendation appears
above in capital type, just as it appeared in that attachment.
Provisional variances are by their very nature temporary.
The responsibilities of the Agency and the Board in these short-
term provisional variances are different from the
responsibilities in standard variances.
(~
415 ILCS 5/35(b) &
(c)). In provisional variances it is the responsibility of the
Agency to make the technical determinations and finding of
arbitrary or unreasonable hardship. The Board’s responsibility
5
is to adopt a formal Order, to assure the formal maintenance of
the record, to assure the enforceability of the variance, and to
provide notification of the action by a press release.
Having received the Agency recommendation notifying the
Board that a denial of the requested relief would impose an
arbitrary or unreasonable hardship, the Board hereby grants
Petitioner a provisional variance from 35 111. Adm. Code 218.586,
subject to the following conditions:
1. The term of this provisional variance shall commence on
November 1, 1993, and it shall expire on the date the
Petitioner completes the required installation of vacuum
assist Stage II vapor recovery equipment, or after forty—
five (45) days have elapsed, whichever comes first;
2. The Petitioner shall notify the Agency of the
installation of the vapor recovery equipment, by sending
notification addressed as follows:
Mr. Terry Sweitzer, P.E.
Manager, Air Monitoring Section
Illinois Environmental Protection Agency
Division of Air Pollution Control
P.O. Box 19276
Springfield, Illinois 62794—9276
IT IS SO ORDERED.
I, Dorothy M. Gunn, Clerk of the Illinois Pollution Control
Boar~, do hereby certify that the above order was adopted on the
~‘~7— day of ____________________________, 1993, by a vote of
0
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Dorothy N. G n, Clerk
Illinois P0 tion Control Board