ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD

April 22,

1993

IN THE MATTER OF:

PETITION OF DOUGLAS

)

 AS 93-3

FURNITURE OF CALIFORNIA FOR

)

 (Adjusted Standard)

AND ADJUSTED STANDARD FROM

35

 ILL. ADM.

 CODE 218.204

ORDER OF THE BOARD

 (by J.

 Anderson):

On March

17,

 1993,

 Douglas Furniture of California

 (Douglas)

filed

 a petition for adjusted standard pursuant to 35

 Ill.

 Adin.

Code 106.Subpart G seeking relief from the 3.0 lb/gal volatile

organic material

 (VOM)

 emission limitation of

35

 Ill.

 Adin.

 Code

218.204(g).

 Specifically, Douglas requests that the Board grant

it an alternative VOM emissions limitation of

 6 lb/gal of paint

used in its touch—up operation.

This petition generally meets the information requirements

of Section 28.1 of the Environmental Protection Act and 35

 Ill.

Adm. Code

 106.

 Although Douglas has waived hearing

 in this

matter,

 the Board notes that the adjusted standard involves

a

change to the Illinois’

 State Implementation Plan

 (SIP).

Accordingly,

 the Board instructs the Clerk of the Board to

schedule this matter for hearing.

 In addition,

 in order to

 facilitate the

 Board’s prompt determination of the merits of the

petition,

 Douglas

 is directed to address the following issues and

questions before or at hearing:

1.

 Douglas Furniture notes that even though

 it has no

in-house research or reformulation capabilities

of

its own,

 it continuously explores with its current

and future coating suppliers the use of

 low VON

coatings and/or water—based systems with its

existing line.

 (Pet.

 at 7.)

 However,

 it has not

provided any documentation regarding its efforts

to find

 a compliant paint.

 Since Douglas

Furniture contends that the proposed adjusted

standard

 is RACT for its touch-up operations

 (Pet.

at

 14), the Board requests Douglas Furniture to

provide documentation to support its assertions

regarding the non-availability of compliant

paints.

2.

 Because the Board wishes to consider whether

the proposed adjusted standard should require

Douglas Furniture to continue its efforts to

find

 a suitable compliant paint, the Board

requests comments on the inclusion of

additional language in the proposed adjusted

standard that would provide a mechanism and

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timetable for contacting paint vendors, paint

 testing, notification of the Agency and the

Board of the test results, and the expiration

of the adjusted standard

 if a compliant paint

is found.

 (see e.g.

 In the Matter

of:

Petition of DM1,

 Inc.

 for Site—Specific Air

Regulations,

35

 Ill. Adm. Code 215.215

(February

6,

 1992), R9l—9 at 5—6.)

IT IS SO ORDERED.

B.

 Forcade abstained.

I,

 Dorothy M.

 Gunn,

 Clerk of the Illinois Pollution Control

Board, hereby certify

 hat the above order was adopted on the

2~~&~day

of

___________________,

 1993,

 by a vote of

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 Control Board