ILE~INOIS

POLLUTID’~CDNTR3L BOkRD

December

18,

1986

IN THE MATTER OF:

)

PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO

)

 R86—51

35 ILL.

 ADM.

 CODE 215.2~4,

)

EMISSION LIMITATIONS FOR

)

MNJF~CT~JRINGPLANTS

ORDER OF THE BOARD

 (by R.C.

 Flemal):

This matter comes

 before

 the Board u~on a motion

to

consolidate

 filed by the General Motors Corporation, Electro-

Motive Division

 (“EMO”)

 on December

 8, 1936.

 On that date,

EMD

also filed what

 it refers

to

as

 a proposal for site—specific

exceotion for

 its LaGrange, Illinois facility (In the

 ‘latter

of

Proposed Amendment to

35

 Ill. ~dm. Code

 215.204, Emission

Limitations

 for Manufacturing Plants).

 Both of the documents

filed on December

8,

 1986 were filed under

 the R86—51

 docket

number.

 EMD seeks

 to consolidate

 its site—srecific prooosal

of

R86—51 with the R86—36 general rulemaking proceeding

 (In the

Matter

 of Proposed Amendments

to

35

 Ill.

 Adm. Code 215.204, Heavy

Duty 3ff—Highway Vehicles).

 EMD contends that since

the

substance of

 its site—specific proposal

 is related

 to that of the

R95—36 proceeding, consolidation should occur

 in order

 to allow

for

 the “convenient, expeditious,

 and complete determination of

all claims”.

The Board might have concurred with such reasoning, but

finds

 it cannot do so in this instance because the proposal filed

in R85—51

 is not one of only site—soecific applicability.

As written,

 the proposal

 is of general

 (i.e.

 statewide)

applicability.

 EMD’s proposed amendment does not make reference

to the LaGrange facility specifically, but rather proposes to

establish seoarate emissions limitations

for

 the category of

Diesel—Electric Locomotive Manufacturing Plants.

 This

distinction

 is critical.

 Even though EMD asserts that

it

 is the

sole original equipment manufacturer of locomotives

 in the State,

the levels

 of emissions proposed by EMD would also be applicable

to Illinois manufacturers of such equipment (if any)

 if the EMD

proposal was

 to be adopted

 in its present form.

The Board believes that the EMD proposal can be most

reasonably construed

as

 a proposed amendment to the Illinois

Environmental Protection Agency’s September

 2, 1986 proposal

which opened

 the R86—36

 docket.

 The Board

 will therefore

consider EMD’s proposed amendment within the context of

 the R86—

35 proceeding.

~‘1D

may make the case for

 its proposed amendment

at the next hearing

 held

 in the R86—36 docket.

 The Board

believes that this outcome will allow for the “convenient,

expeditious,

 and complete determination of

 all claims”.

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With this action docket R86—5l

 is closed.

 EMD is directed

to file any additional

 items

 in this matter

 in the R85—36 docket.

IT IS

 ORDERED.

I,

 Dorothy

 M. Gunn, Clerk of the Illinois Pollution Control

Board, hereby certify that the above and Order was adopted on

the

 /~~dayof

_____________,

 1986,

by

 a vote

of

~°

Dorothy

 t4../Gunn,

 Clerk

Illinois Pollution Control Board

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