ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL
    BOARD
    March 25,
    1993
    IN THE MATTER OF:
    )
    PETITION OF STEPAN
    COMPANY
    )
    AS 88-2
    FOR AN ADJUSTED
    )
    (Adjusted Standard)
    STANDARD FROM 35 ILL. ADM.
    CODE 215.Subpart
    I
    ORDER OF THE BOARD
    (by J.
    C. Marlin):
    This matter comes before the Board on Stepan’s August
    5,
    1988, petition for an adjusted standard.
    Pursuant to the Board’s
    order of February 25,
    1993,
    Stepan filed a status report in this
    matter on March 24,
    1993.
    The matter is inter-related with
    federal regulations in the Federal Implementation Plan (FIP).
    USEPA extended the stay these rules in relation to Stepan on
    March 3,
    1992.
    Stepan reports that on March 4,
    1993,
    USEPA filed
    a status report in the United States Court of Appeals for the
    Seventh Circuit pertaining to Stepan’s appeal of the federal
    regulations.
    The USEPA status report states:
    Regarding EPA’S reconsideration of regulations
    concerning Stepan,
    EPA’S regional office has completed
    its review of a draft Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
    (“NPR”) containing site—specific control requirements
    for Stepan’s Millsdale facility.
    The regional
    administrator concurred in the NPR on September 25,
    1992,
    and forwarded it to EPA headquarters on September
    30,
    1992.
    The NPR is currently undergoing review at
    the Office of Management and Budget.
    EPA will continue
    its efforts to complete the reconsideration for Stepan
    as expeditiously as possible.
    Stepan continues to request that the Board allow this docket
    to remain open.
    Stepan is concerned that it could be caught
    between conflicting state and federal regulations should this
    proceeding go forward or be dismissed before the federal
    rulemaking is finalized and the federal appeal is resolved.
    Stepan proposes to provide the Board with another status report
    within 30 days of this order.
    Given that USEPA has stayed the effectiveness of the federal
    regulations as they apply to Stepan pending reconsideration, the
    Board hereby stays the proceedings in this matter until April 26,
    1993,
    at which time Stepan is directed to file a status report
    with the Board.
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    IT IS SO ORDERED.
    I, Dorothy M.
    Gunn,
    Clerk of the Illinois Pollution Control
    Board, hereby certify that the above order was adopted on the
    ~?6~
    day of
    _________________,
    1993,
    by a vote of
    ~Dorothy
    M.,~ünn,Clerk
    Illinois Pb~XlutionControl Board
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    ~0-029O

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