ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD

November 19, 1992

CABOT CORPORATION,

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Petitioner,

V.

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PCB 92—179

(Variance)

ILLINOIS ENVIRONMENTAL

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PROTECTION AGENCY,

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Respondent.

ORDER OF THE BOARD (by J. Anderson):

On November 13, 1992, Cabot Corporation (Cabot) filed a

petition for variance from the requirement in 35 Ill. Adin. Code

730.168(d) (4) that owners or operators of Class I hazardous waste

injection wells run casing inspection logs at least once every

five years, and from the related requirements contained in

sections I.A(5), I.H(30)

(C)

(iv), I.H(30)(f), and I.H(30)(g) of

its underground injection control permit for well no. 2 at its

Tuscola, Illinois facility.

While the information provided by Cabot in support of its

petition generally meets the informational requirements of 35

Ill. Adin. Code 104.121, the petition contains certain

deficiencies or requires further clarification. Accordingly, the

Board directs Cabot to file an amended petition addressing the

following points:

1. Although there is an affidavit in support of the

material facts alleged in the petition, there is no

request for a hearing on the petition or, in the

alternative, a statement waiving a hearing as required

by 35 Ill. Adm. Code 104.124;

2. Cabot requests variance to postpone the removal of

tubing in well no. 2 until sixty days after well no. 3

is operational. Cabot states that it will take

approximately six months from the date of well no. 3’s

permit issuance before the well can be in operation.

Cabot should inform the Board of the date on which it

expects to receive the permit from the Agency.

Cabot is directed to file its amended petition on or before

January 3, 1993, or this matter will be subject to dismissal.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

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I, Dorothy N. Gunn, Clerk of the Illinois Pollution Control

Boar~~hereby certif4that the above order was adopted on the

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day of

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1992, by

a vote of

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