ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL

BOARD

January 10,

1985

IN THE MATTER OF:

)

PETITION

FOR

SITE~SPECIFIC

)

R84—48

REGULATION APPLICABLE

TO

)

PARTICULATE EMISSIONS

FROM

)

REPUBLIC STEEL

CORPORATION’S

)

CHICAGO WORKS HOT SCARFING

)

MACHINES

(35

Ill.

Adm.

Code

)

212~451)

)

ORDER OF THE BOARD

(by

J~ D. Dumelle):

This

matter comes before the Board upon

a December 21,

1984

petition

for

modification of

35

Ill, Adm. Code 212.451 to

establish

particulate

emissions for

Republic Steel Corporation’s Hot

Scarf

in~

Machines located at

its Chicago Works plant.

That petition

fails

to include the 200 signatures required by

35 Iii. Adm. Code

l02.12I(a)~However,

the Board hereby waives that requirement and

authorizes this matter for

hearing.

The Board notes

that the proposed language appears to be

written in a manner

which would have statewide applicability

despite the fact that

site—specific

relief

is purportedly being

sought~ This is apparently based upon Republic’s belief

that

its

facility is the only facility in the state

to which the regulation

would apply.

However,

the

Board notes that the hearing require~

ments for site~specificand

for

statewide

regulations differ and

encourages Republic to clarify its intent

in this regard.

IT

IS SO

ORDERED.

I,

Dorothy

M. Gunn,

Clerk of the Illinois

Pollution Control

Board, hereby cert

y that the above Order

was adopted on the

~

day of

~,

1985 by a

vote of

~-O

Dorothy M.

Wnn,

Clerk

-

Illinois

Poflution Control

Board

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