ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD

June 6, 2002

 

WALLACE PHARMACEUTICALS, )

 

  

  

  

  

  

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Petitioner, )

 

  

  

  

  

  

)

v. ) PCB 02-207

 

  

  

  

  

  

) (Variance - Air)

ILLINOIS ENVIRONMENTAL )

PROTECTION AGENCY, )

 

  

  

  

  

  

)

Respondent. )

 

ORDER OF THE BOARD (by M.E. Tristano):

 

On May 20, 2002, petitioner filed a petition for variance (petition) from the volatile

organic material (VOM) emission reduction requirements of 35 Ill. Adm. Code Part 215,

Subpart T. The petitioner requests a variance from July 1, 2002 until December 31, 2006 to

allow it sufficient time to evaluate and implement potential options for controlling VOM

emissions from dryers at its facility in Decatur, Illinois. The Board accepts the matter for

hearing.

 

The petition was accompanied by a motion for expedited review and/or retroactive

relief. On June 4, 2002, petitioner filed a motion to withdraw motion for expedited review

and/or retroactive relief. The Board grants the motion.

 

The Board directs that this matter proceed to hearing as expeditiously as practicable.

The assigned hearing officer must set the matter for hearing in accordance with the

requirements of the Environmental Protection Act (415 ILCS 5

et seq

. (2000)) and the Board’s

procedural rules. It is the responsibility of the hearing officer to guide the parties toward

prompt resolution of this matter, through whatever status calls and hearing officer orders he

determines are necessary and appropriate.

 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

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I, Dorothy M. Gunn, Clerk of the Illinois Pollution Control Board, certify that the

Board adopted the above order on June 6, 2002, by a vote of 7-0.

 

 

  

  

  

  

  

 

Dorothy M. Gunn, Clerk

Illinois

Pollution

Control

Board