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
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