ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
    December 16,
    1993
    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 December 13,
    1993.
    Reynolds
    filed
    a
    September
    4,
    1991
    Petition
    for
    an
    Adjusted
    Standard and the Board accepted this matter for hearing on January
    23, 1992,
    but delayed assigning a hearing officer.
    This delay was
    necessary because 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.
    Based
    on the USEPA’s
    stay
    of the effectiveness
    of
    40 CFR
    52.741(x)
    and
    (y),
    on
    February
    4,
    1993
    the
    Board
    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, March 3, 1994.
    Reynolds is directed to file
    an updated status report on or before Thursday, February 24,
    1993,
    indicating
    whether
    the
    rule
    is
    finally
    promulgated
    by
    USEPA,
    whether this adjusted standard docket continues to be necessary and
    whether an additional status report
    is required.
    Reynolds should
    also request an extension of the stay if one is required.
    IT IS SO ORDERED.
    2
    I,
    Dorothy M. Gunn,
    Clerk of the Illinois Pollution Control
    Board,
    hereby
    certify t~atthe above
    order was
    adopted on the
    /~2Z~
    day
    of
    ___________________,
    1993,
    by
    a
    vote
    of
    Dorothy M. ~nn,
    Clerk
    Illinois Po3/Lution Control Board

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