ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD

January

21,

1988

B.F. GOODRICH CHEMICAL COMPANY,

Petitioner,

v.

)

PCB 88—20

ILLINOIS ENVIRONMENTAL

PROTECTION AGENCY,

Respondent.

ORDER OF THE BOARD

(by J.D. Dumelle):

Petitioner

seeks a 45—day Provisional Variance

from the BOD

and TSS limitations set forth at 35

Ill.

Adm. Code 304.120

and

304.141(a).

The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency

(Agency) has found that compliance with Sections 304.120

and

304.141(a)

would impose an arbitrary or

unreasonable hardship and

recommends that Petitioner

be granted

the requested variance.

The Board hereby grants Petitioner

a 45—day Provisional Variance

until

March

7,

1988, subject

to

the

following

conditions:

a)

This variance shall

expire on March

8,

1988

or

until

debugging

of

the

new

biotreaters

has

been

completed,

whichever occurs first;

b)

Effluent discharge shall

be limited

to 60 mg/l BOD and

35 mg/i suspended solids as monthly averages.

Daily

maximums shall be 120 mg/i BOD and

70 mg/l

suspended

solids;

c)

During

this Provisional Variance, Petitioner

shall

operate

its wastewater treatment facility

so as to

produce the best effluent practicable.

Petitioner

shall

use temporary carbon filters as much as possible

to

improve

effluent

quality;

d)

Within

10

days

of

the

date

of

this

Order,

Petitioner

shall execute

and submit

a Certificate of Acceptance

and Agreement

to the following

address:

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Illinois Environmental Protection Agency

Division of Water Pollution Control

Compliance Assurance Section

2200 Churchill Road

P.O. Box 19276

Springfield,

IL 62794—9276

Attn:

Jim Frost

IT

IS 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

7

-~

.

)9i.

Dorothy M. G~inn, Clerk

Illinois Pollution Control

Board

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