ILLiNOIS POLLUTI~NCUNTROL BO~\D
    August 20,
    1987
    IN THE MATTER OF:
    PRETREATMENT REGULATIONS
    )
    R86—44
    ORDER OF THE BOARD
    (by 3. Marlin):
    On July 16,
    1987,
    the Board adopted
    a final Opinion
    and
    Order
    in this matter.
    At that time,
    the Board indicated that
    it
    would withhold filing
    the pretreatment
    rules with
    the
    Administrative Code Unit until
    after August
    5,
    1987,
    to
    allow for
    motions
    for reconsideration
    by
    the agencies involved
    in
    authorization.
    The Board
    has received the following motions
    since
    the July l~Order:
    Motion
    to ~ithhold
    Filing
    of Rules Penoing Receipt
    of Removal Credits Regulatory Proposal filed
    by
    Cnicago Association
    of
    Commerce
    arid
    Industry,
    Illinois Manufacturer’s Association,
    LTV Steel ana
    Acme Steel
    (“IM~-~and Steel”)
    on August
    5,
    1967.
    Motion
    for Reconsideration
    filed
    by Illinois
    Environmental Protection Agency,
    (“Agency”
    or
    “IEPA”)
    on August
    6,
    1987.
    Response
    to Motion
    to Withhold Filing
    of Rules,
    filed
    by the Agency on August
    18, 1987.
    Amended Motion
    for Reconsideration,
    filed
    by the
    Agency
    on August
    18, 1987.
    Motion
    to Extend Time
    to File Removal Credit
    Proposal filed
    by IMA and Steel
    on August 19,
    1987.
    Motion
    to withdraw Agency’s Response of August
    14,
    1987 and
    to File Agency Amended Response Instanter
    fileã
    by
    the
    Agency on August 19,
    1967.
    The Board hereby grants
    the Agency’s motion
    to withdraw its
    August 14th
    response
    to IMA and Steel’s August
    5 motion.
    In
    addition,
    the Board grants the Agency’s motion to file
    its
    Amended Response
    instanter.
    In
    its Amended Response the Agency states:
    The
    Agency
    is
    in
    receipt
    of
    a
    letter
    from
    Lawrence
    3.
    Jensen,
    Assistant
    Administrator
    of
    USEPA,
    to
    Jon
    Olson,
    Chairman,
    Conference
    on
    Removal
    Credits,
    dated
    June
    5,
    1987
    which
    describes
    the
    context
    in
    which
    federal
    removal credit regulations currently
    exist...
    80—399

    The letter
    at page
    2 states:
    Thus,
    the
    l9bl
    versions
    of
    the
    provisions
    defining
    consistent
    removal,
    listing
    the
    criteria
    and
    procedures
    for
    modifying
    or
    withdrawing
    removal
    credits
    authority,
    and
    requiring
    an
    adjustment
    to
    a
    PCT~’s
    removal
    credits
    to
    account
    for
    combined
    sewer
    overflows
    are
    again
    in
    effect.
    The
    remainder
    of
    the
    1984
    regulation
    continues
    to
    be
    in
    effect.
    In
    light
    of
    toese
    statements
    in
    this
    USEPA
    letter,
    the
    Agency
    agrees
    with
    the
    Participants
    that
    the Soard
    should
    amena
    its
    proposed Pretreatment Regulations
    (R86—44)
    to
    incorporate
    necessary
    federal
    removal
    credit
    regulations which
    are currently
    in effect.
    Toe
    A~ency will
    hereby
    request
    a
    14—day
    extension for
    the Agency
    and other
    interested
    participants
    to review the Participant’s
    I~’th
    and
    Steel’s
    removal
    credits
    submissions
    and
    to
    submit
    Agency
    comments
    on
    the
    necessary
    removal
    credit
    rules
    for
    the
    Board’s
    Pretreatment Regulations.
    (Agency Amended Response,
    page 1—2).
    Pursuant
    to the Agency’s request,
    the Board will postpone
    further action
    in
    this docket
    for
    14 days.
    This effectively
    allows IMA and Steel
    to
    file
    its Removal Credits Proposal,
    as
    requested
    in its August
    5 Motion,
    by September
    3,
    1987
    as
    it
    requested
    in its August
    19 motion.
    Any outstanding motions
    will
    be ruled
    upon when the Board
    takes action in response to comments and proposals filed since
    its Opinion
    and Order
    of July 16,
    1987.
    IT
    IS
    SO
    ORDERED.
    I, Dorothy
    M.
    Gunn, Clerk
    of the illinois Pollution Control
    Board,
    hereby certify t~atthe above
    Order was adopted on
    the
    c~,7I~XL
    day
    of
    ~4’~-~
    ,
    1967,
    by
    a vote
    of
    -
    C
    .
    borothy M.
    unn,
    Clerk
    Illinois Pollution Control
    Board
    80—400

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