ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
May
2,
1990
PRECISION COATINGS,
INC.,
Petitioner,
V.
)
PCB 90—90
(Provisional Variance)
ILLINOIS ENVIRONMENTAL
PROTECTION AGENCY,
Respondent.
ORDER OF THE BOARD
(J.
Dumelle):
This matter comes before the Board
on receipt of an Agency
Recommendation dated May
1,
1990.
The recommendation refers to
a
request from Petitioner, Precision Coatings,
Inc.
for a
5—day
provisional variance from the volatile organic materials
emissions standards,
as set forth in 35
Ill.
Adm.
Code 215.204(c)
and 215.205,
for the period from May 7,
1990 through May
11,
1990.
Upon receipt of the request the Agei~icy issued its
recommendation,
concluding that the failure to grant the
requested 5-day provisional variance would impose an arbitrary or
unreasonable hardship on Petitioner.
Precision Coatings operates a reprographic coating plant at
Spring Valley,
in Bureau County, which produces manufacturi~g
drafting paper,
Xerographic paper, and blueprint paper.
In~th~
process,
Precision Coatings coats polyester film and paper
with
coatings
containing
non-halogenated
solvents
(acetone,
methyl
ethyl
ketone,
isopropyl alcohol,
toluene, methyl alcohol, ethyl
alcohol,
and heptane)
.
The
emissions
from
Precision
Coatings’
three coating
lines
(numbers
1,
2,
and
3)
and transparentizincj
line
(number
4)
are ducted to a Reeco Model VF “Re-Therm” thermal
oxidizer
which meets
the requirements of 35
Ill.
Adn.
Code
215.205(b).
Line
number
1
is
also
equipped
with
a
packed
tower
scrubber
designed
to
remove
trichloroacetic
acid.
Precision Coatings’
permits allow it to operate
lines
numbered
1 and
4 either
by using coatings that comply with the
2.9 lb/gallon limit of.35 Ill.
Adm.
Code 215.204(c)
or
by
ducting
the volatile organic emissions to the afterburner.
Lines
numbered
2
and
3
lack
the
capacity
to
use
compliant
coatings,
so
thE permits require that Precision Coatings duct their emissions
to the afterburner.
Precision Coatings discovered the need
to effect repairs to
its afterburner during the course of recent maintenance.
Precision
Coatings
seeks
a
5-day
provisional
variance
from
35
Ill.
Adm,
Code
215.201(c)
and
215.205
and
the
permit
requirements
1~
(\
(permits numbered 8311062, 8311063, 87020049,
and 87060015)
so
it
may shut down its afterburner for necessary repairs.
Such
a
shutdown is necessary to effect the repairs.
Compliance with 35
ill. Adm.
Code 215.204(c)
and 215.205 and the permit conditions
would require
a production shutdown during the period of the
repairs.
The Agency asserts that a production shutdown.would cause
Precision Coatings to suffer an arbitrary and unreasonable
hardship.
The Agency points out that the Board has not granted
Precision Coatings provisional variance relief yet this year.
The Agency states that Precision coatings compliance plan
consists
of using compliant coatings on line
1 and so scheduling
production
on
lines
2,
3
and
4 as to minimize volatile organic
material
emissions.
The
Agency
concurs
in
Precision
Coatings
estimate that the maximum volatile organic emissions would
increase
from
3.5
tons
(controlled)
to
18
tons
(uncontrolled)
as
a
result
of
a
grant
of
this
provisional
variance.
The
Agency
points
out
that
these
emissions
would
occur
at
the
beginning
of
the
ozone
season
when
significant
ozone
formation
does
not
occur
because
of
meteorological
conditions.
The
Agency
concludes
that
no significant adverse environmental impact would occur because
Bureau
County
is
an
attainment
area
with
regard
to
the
ozone
National Ambient Air
Quality
Standard
and
it
does not adjoin any
non—attainment area for ozone.
The Agency recommends that the Board grant the requested
provisional variance
with
certain conditions.
In
light of the Agency Recommendation, the Board hereby
granrs a provisional variance from
35 Ill.
Adm.
Code 215.204(c)
and 215.205 from May
7,
1990 through May 11,
1990,
subject to the
following conditions:
1.
Precision Coatings,
Inc.
shall operate production line
number
1 only using coatings that comply with the
requirements of
35
Ill.
Adm.
Code 215.204(c);
2.
Precision Coatings,
Inc.
shall
so operate production
lines numbered
2,
3,
and
4
as to minimize volatile organic
material emissions;
3.
Precision Coatings,
Inc. shall notify the following
person
by
telephone
on the day
it shuts down its afterburner
and
on
the
day
it
returns
its
afterburner
to
service:
Mr. Richard Jennings,
PB
Regional Manager
Illinois Environmental Protection Agency
5415
North
University
Street
Peoria,
Illinois
61614
309—693—5460
4.
Precision Coatings,
Inc.
shall, within ten days
of the
1
i—-n:~
date of this order,
execute a Certificate of Acceptance and
Agreement
in the following form:
CERTIFICATION
I
(We),
hereby accept and agree to be bound by all terms and
conditions of the Order of the Pollution Control Board in
90—90,
dated May 2,
1990.
Petitioner
Authorized Agent
Title
Date
5.
Precision Coatings, Inc.
shall, within ten days
of the
date of this order,
forward an executed copy of the
Certificate of Acceptance and Agreement required under
condition
4
to the following person and addressed as
follows:
Ms. Lisa Moreno
Enforcement Programs
Illinois Environmental Protection Agency
2200 Churchill Road
Post Office Box 19276
Springfield,
Illinois
62794-9276
6.
The failure of Precision Coatings,
Inc.
to promptly
execute and forward the Certificate of Acceptance and
Agreement
as required under conditions
4 and 5 shall render
this provisional variance void and of no effect as
a shield
against an action to enforce the rules
from which this
provisional variance grants relief.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
II 1—flI
I,
Dorothy M.
Gunn,
Clerk of the Illinois Pollution Control
Board, do hereby certify that the above Order was adopted on the
~‘~day
of
‘77-i
~—‘-i
,
1990,
by
a vote of
Dorothy M.
Gu4~n, Clerk
Illinois Pollution Control Board
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