ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD

December

3,

1992

IN THE MATTER OF:

STEPAN COMPANY

ADJUSTED STANDARD FROM

)

AS 88-2

35

ILL.

ADM. CODE

215.

)

(Adjusted Standard)

SUBPART

I

ORDER OF THE BOARD

(by J.

C. Marlin):

Pursuant to the Board’s order of July 30, 1992,

on December 1,

1992, Stepan filed a status report in this matter.

~This matter is

inter-related

with

federal

regulations

in

the

Federal

Implementation Plan (FIP).

USEPA stayed these rules in relation to

Stepan in March,

1992.

Among other things, Stepan reports that on

October

1,

1992, 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:

“In

regard

to

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

signed the NPR on September 25,

1992 and forwarded it to

EPA Headquarters

on

September

30,

1992.

EPA projects

that

this

notice

will

be

published

in

the

Federal

Register by February

1,

1993.”

Stepan continues to request that the Board allow this docket

to remain open.

Stepan remains 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

is

directed to

file

an updated

status report

on

or

before June

1,

1993.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

I,

Dorothy M.

Gunn,

Clerk

of the Illinois Pollution Control

Bo~d~herebycertif~that the above order was adopted on the

~‘-

day of

/~L-7~_~j-t/

,

1992,

by

a vote of

/~

~

//~

~

Dorothy M.,4unn,

Clerk

Illinois Po,’ilution Control Board

0137-0611