ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD

June 27,

1985

REPUBLIC STEEL CORPORATION

)

and

JTV

STEEL COMPANY,

)

Petitioners,

V.

)

PCI3

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ILLIc~JOISENVIRONLV!ENTAL

PROTECTION AGENCY,

)

Respondent.

ORDER

OF

TEIE BOARD

(by B.

Forcade):

On June

10,

1985, Petitioner LTV Steel Company,

Inc.

(“LTV”),

formerly known as Republic Steel Corporation and LTV

Steel Company,

filed

a Motion to Amend

the Board’s January 10,

1985, Order granting the variance in the above—captioned

matter.

Respondent Illinois gnvironmental Protection Agency

(“Agency”)

filed a response on June

26,

1985,

stating no

objection to

this motion.

Petitioner requests that

the Board

add,

as

a condition,

an

emission limitation

of 0.06 gr/dscf for the term of the

~iariance. Additionally, Petitioner requests that conditions

2

and

3

of the Order he amended

to allow LTV to apply for an

operating permit and

to file

a signed certification of acceptance

and agreement to the terms

and conditions of

the variance

instanter.

LTV states that the requested emission limitation is

supported

in the record and is required by United States

Environmental Protection Agency

in order

to obtain approval

as

a

revision to the State Implementation Plan.

LTV requests

modification of conditions

2 and

3 because, due

to an oversight,

neither the permit application nor

the certification were

tendered to the ~gency.

The Board will grant LTV’s motion to amend the January

10,

1985,

Order.

The Board will impose

a 0.06 gr/dscf limitation and

will provide until July 15, 1985,

for timely application and

filing of the above—mentioned documents,

The amended Order

is

provided

in full below.

ORDER

LTV Steel Company,

Inc.

(“LTV”)

is hereby granted

a variance

from 35 Ill. Mm Code 212.451

as

it applies to

the 44—inch hot

scarfing machine at Petitioner LTV’s South Chicago Works, subject

to the following conditions:

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1.

This variance shall expire July

1,

1986,

or

60 days

after any final Board Order

or

a request for site—

specific regulatory relief

for LTV~s44~inchhot

scarfing machine located at

its South Chicago Works,

whichever

is earlier.

2.

During the period of this variance, emissions from the

above~mentionedhot scarfing machine shall

not exceed

0.06 gr/dscf.

3.

LTV shall apply to the illinois Environnental Protection

Agency (“Agency”)

for

an operating pen~itfor

its hot

scarfing machine no later

than July l5~ 1985.

4,

LTV shall execute a Certification of Acceptance and

Agreement to be bound to all terms and conditions

of

this variance,

including the emission limitations

set

forth in this amended order.

Said Certification shall

be submitted to the Agency at 2200 Churchill Road,

Springfield, IL 62706, no later than July 15,

1985.

The

form of the said Certification shall be as follows:

CERTIFICATION

I,

(We) ________________________

_______

hereby

accept and agree to be bound by all

terms and conditions of the

Order

of the Pollution Control Board

in POB 84~lll,June

27,

1985.

Petitioner- LTV Steel Company,

Inc.

Authorized Agent

Title

Date

IT IS SO ORDERED

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I, Dorothy

M. Gunn, Clerk of the Illinois Pollution Control

Board,

hereby certify that the above Order was adopted on

the

~‘7~day

of

__________________

,

1985,

by a vote

of

-~-:~~

.

44~

~rL,

~

Dorothy M.

Gurcn, Clerk

Illinois Pollution Control Board