ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD

March

24,

1988

IN THE MATTER OF:

)

PROPOSED SITE SPECIFIC RULE

CHANGE FOR JEFFERSON SMURFIT

)

R88—3

CORPORATION’S BEDFORD PARK

)

PLANT:

35

ILL. ADM. CODE

)

215.245

)

PROPOSED RULE

FIRST NOTICE

ORDER OF THE BOARD

(by Michael Nardulli):

This matter comes before the Board on

a Petition

for Site

Specific Rule Change

filed

on behalf of

the Jefferson Smurfit

Corporation’s Bedford

Park Plant on January 20,

1988.

On October

29,

1987,

in the R85—21(b)

proceeding,

the Illinois Pollution

Control Board adopted

a revised

35

Ill. Mm.

Code Section

215.245.

Prior to the adoption of the new Section 215.245,

sources

of volatile organic material

(hereinafter “VOM”)

emissions which had aggregate uncontrolled VOM emissions of less

than one—thousand

(1000)

tons,

and were located

in ozone non—

attainment areas, were exempted from Subpart P of

Part 215 of the

Board’s Air Pollution Rules

(35 Ill. Mm.

Code 215.401—

215.407).

Subpart P requires sources operating rotogravure and

flexographic printing presses

to limit VOM emissions from those

presses either by the use of low—VOM

inks and/or by installing

and operating control

equipment with

an overall efficiency of 60

for flexographic presses and 65

for packaging rotogravure

presses.

The adoption

of the new Section 215.245 reduced the

level

for exemption from one—thousand

(1000)

tons

to one—hundred

(100)

tons for ozone non—attainment counties.

The Board

specified

in its October

28,

1987 order that sources which became

subject

to Subpart p because of the revision to Section 215.245

must comply with Subpart P by December

31,

1987.

As

a result of the revision to Section 215.245

the Jefferson

Srnurfit Corporation Bedford Park Plant is now subject to Subpart

P of Part

215 of

the Board’s Air Pollution Rules

(35 Ill. Mm.

Code 215.401—215.407).

Pursuant to Section 27 and

28 of

the

Environmental Protection Act

(Ill.

Rev. Stat.

ch. lll~/~Secs.

1027—1028

(1987))

and Part

102 of the Board Procedural

Rules

(35

Ill. Mm.

Code Secs.

102.101—102.220)

the Petitioner petitions

the Board

to amend

35 Ill. Mm.

Code

Sec.

215.245

to add a new

Subsection

(C)

as set forth below.

On January 21,

1988,

the Board adopted Resolution

88—1,

which outlined various procedures which

the Board would begin to

utilize in order

to expedite the rulemaking process.

One of

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these procedures

is

for the Board

to send

a regulatory

proposal

to First Notice before

ruling on

the merits

of

the proposal.

The

Board finds that

it

is appropriate

to utilize that procedure

in

this proceeding.

As

a result,

the Board hereby adopts

the proposal set forth

below

for First Notice and directs the Hearing Officer

to cause

the publication of the proposal

in

the Illinois Register.

This

action

is

in no way

to be construed as the Board’s substantive

position with regard

to this matter.

~lso,

consistent with Res88-1,

the Board directs

the Hearing

Officer

to schedule only one merit hearing

in this matter.

No

other hearings will be scheduled unless the Board

finds

that the

issues of this proceeding warrant further investigation.

In

addition,

the Hearing Officer

is to establish deadlines for the

pre—filing

of

testimony and exhibits for anyone who wishes

to

introduce evidence at the merit hearing.

Those who do not

prefile such materials will be able

to present their evidence

only

if time permits

at the end

of the hearing process.

The Board believes that such procedures will accelerate

the

rulemaking process

arid

at

the same time provide continued

opportunity

for public participation.

Proposed Regulation

Section 215.245

Flexographic and Rotogravure Printing

a)

The limitations

of Subpart P shall apply unless the

facility’s aggregate uncontrolled rotogravure and/or

flexographic printing press emissions of volatile organic

material are limited by operating permit conditions

to

90.7 Mg

(100

tons)

per year

or

less

in the absence

of air

pollution control equipment or whose actual emissions

in

the absence of air pollution control equipment would

be

less than or equal

to

90.7 Mg

(100 tons) per year when

averaged over

the preceding three calendar years.

b)

If an owner or operator

of

a packaging rotogravure

printing press proposes

to comply with the limitations of

Section 215.401 pursuant to subsection

(3)

of

that

Section,

then the combined capture and control system

must provide an overall reduction

in volatile organic

material emissions

of at least

65 percent.

c)

This Section shall not apply

to the folding carton plant

(currently owned by Jefferson Smurfit Corporation) which

is

located

at 6550

S.

LaVergne Avenue, Bedford

Park,

provided the aggregate uncontrolled VOM emissions from

that plant are limited by operating permit conditions

to

272.1 Mg

(300 tons)

per year

or

less

in the absence of

air pollution control equipment

or actual emissions

in

the absence of air pollution control equipment would

be

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less

than

or

equal

to

272.1

Mg

(300

tons)

per

year

when

averaged

over

the

preceding

three

calender

years.

IT

SO

ORDERED.

I,

Dorothy

M

Gunn,

Clerk

of

the

Illinois

Pollution

Control

Board,

hereby

certify

that

the

above

Order

was

adopted

on

the

~

day

of

______________________,

1988,

by

a

vote

of

-0

Dorothy

M

Gunn,

Clerk,

Illinois

Pollution

Control

Board

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