ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL
BOARD
October 5,
1982
TROJAN CORPORATION
(Wolf
Lake),
)
Petitioner,
V.
)
PCB 82—23
ILLINOIS ENVIRONMENTAL
)
PROTECTION AGENCY,
)
Respondent.
ORDER OF THE BOARD
(by D. Anderson):
Petitioner, Trojan Corporation, is hereby granted a
variance from Rule 502 of Chapter
2:
Air Pollution, and
from 35
Iii. Adm. Code 725.482, subject to the following
conditions:
1.
This variance will expire on July 1, 1985, or
upon completion of the burning authorized by this
variance, whichever happens first.
2.
This variance shall apply to burning conducted at
Trojan~sWolf Lake facility~ As used in this
Order, “facility” includes areas
of
U.
S. Forest
Service property controlled in part by Trojan
which are contiguous to property owned by Trojan.
3.
This variance authorizes the burning of the follow-
ing
buildings
(building
numbers
refer
to
Exhibit
4;
6
and
7 are treated as
a single building):
Building
Number
Exhibit
Description
1
5
High
explosive
production
building
2
5
High
explosive
production
building
3
6
Slurry
production
building
4
7
Pack
house
5
8
Dynamite
production
building
6/7
9
Dynamite
production
building
8
10
High explosive production building
9
11
Production
building
10
12,
13
Wet
mix
house
and
Dry
mix
house
11
14
High
explosive
production
building
12
15
Wet
mix
house
13
16
Blasting
agent
building
14
17
Blasting
agent
building
15
18
Blasting
agent
building
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Building
Number
Exhibit
Description
18
19
Dryer
19
19
Dryer
20
19
Dryer
21
19
Dryer
22
19
Dryer
23
20
Slurry
building
4.
This
variance
authorizes
the burning of the follow-
ing explosive wastes:
Approximate
Quantity
(pounds)
Location
Seismic Cans
600,000
Crab Orchard
Ball Powder
300,000
Ponds at Wolf Lake
Nitrostarch
55,000
Buildings at Wolf
Lake
Washdown Sludge
156,000
Barrels at Wolf Lake
Obsolete
Powder
24,000
Building,
Wolf
Lake
5.
For
purposes
of
this
variance,
a
“unit”
shall
consist
of any one of the following:
a.
A total of 8,000 pounds of explosive waste,
with other material necessary for proper
burning, burned in quantities
of less than
1,000 pounds per burn;
b.
One building;
c.
Any
quantity up to the total
amount
of ball
powder
contained
in
any
one
pond.
6.
Petitioner
shall
burn
no more than one unit,
as
defined in Paragraph 5, per day.
7.
Buildings shall be burned in place.
8.
Explosive waste shall be burned in the area desig-
nated in PCB 80—133.
9.
Ball powder may be burned in place in ponds, in
which case the weight limitations of Paragraphs 5(a)
and
6
and
the burning location of Paragraph
8 do
not apply.
Petitioner may burn all of the ball
powder
in
a
pond
at
one
time
or
may
pump
water
to
expose only a portion of the ball powder
and
burn
only the exposed part,
at Petitionerts election.
As specified in Paragraph 5(a),
a partial or complete
burning of a pond is
a unit of burning.
Alternatively,
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Petitioner may,
at its election, remove all or part
of the ball powder from the ponds,
in which case
it becomes, like other explosive waste, subject
to the weight limitations and burning locations of
Paragraphs 5(a),
6 and 8.
10.
Petitioner shall not pump water from the ponds in
such a manner that it may reach waters of the State.
11.
Petitioner shall conduct burning only during day-
light hours when atmospheric conditions are conducive
to good smoke dissipation.
12.
No burning shall occur when the wind is blowing
from the east.
13.
Buildings
5,
6/7,
8,
10,
11 and 23 shall be burned
when the wind is from a westerly direction which is
north of southwest (225°) and south of northwest
(315°)
14.
Petitioner shall not conduct open burning during
episodes declared pursuant to Part IV of Chapter
2:
Air Pollution.
Petitioner shall not cause violation
of
air
quality
standards
of
Part
III
of
Chapter
2:
Air Pollution.
15.
Petitioner shall construct and maintain an adequate
firebreak
around
its
burning
area.
16.
Petitioner shall have adequate firefighting equipment
and personnel on hand during open burning and watchmen
at
night
after
burning.
17.
Petitioner shall construct and/or maintain an earthen
berm around its explosive waste burning area.
Peti-
tioner shall not cause or allow rainwater runoff from
the burning area, or runoff from firefighting in the
berm area, to enter Wolf Lake.
18.
Burning shall be conducted under the direction of
personnel trained in explosive burning procedures.
19.
Petitioner shall notify the local office of the U.S.
Forest Service in advance of burning.
This shall be
done daily,
or by a schedule in advance of burning,
with notification prior to any deviations.
20..
On or before the 5th day of each month, Petitioner
shall report to the Agency in writing the following
(for the previous month):
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a.
Time and place of each burning;
b.
Identification of the building or waste
and quantity burned;
c.
Meteorological conditions in the vicinity,
including wind direction, wind speed, tem-
perature, pressure, relative humidity, type
of cloud cover and visibility.
21.
Petitioner shall notify the Agency within
5 days
of completion of the burning authorized by this
variance.
22.
Before the first waste is burned, Petitioner shall
comply with the interim status requirements of
35 Ill. Adm. Code 700.105.
This will include
filing an amended Part A application with the
Illinois Environmental Protection Agency reflecting
at a minimum the current ownership of the Wolf Lake
facility and the current plan for waste disposal.
23.
This shall not be construed as a variance from other
applicable portions of 35 Ill.
Adm. Code:
Subtitle G,
including Part 725, Subparts G and H, relating to
closure and financial responsibility.
24.
Petitioner shall comply with the manifest require-
ments of 35 Ill.
Adm. Code 722, 723 and 725 for
all waste moved to the Wolf Lake facility from
other facilities.
25.
Within 45 days
of the date of this Order, Petitioner
shall execute and forward to the Illinois Environ-
mental Protection Agency, Variance Section, .2200
Churchill Road, Springfield, Illinois 62706,
a
Certificate of Acceptance and Agreement to be bound
to all terms and conditions of this variance.
This
45 day period shall be held in abeyance for any
period this matter is being appealed.
The form of
the Certificate shall be as follows:
CERTIFICATION
I,
(We),
_____________________,
having read and
fully understanding the Order in PCB 82—23, hereby
accept that Order and agree to be bound by all of its
terms and conditions.
SIGNED
TITLE
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DATE
IT
IS
SO
ORDERED.
I,
Christan
L.
Moffett,
Clerk
of
the
Illinois
Pollution
Control ~ard,
hereby
certif~’that the above
Order was adopted
or.the
~
day of
~
,
1982
by a vote of
~
4,
r
Christan L. Mo fst~/cJerk
Illinois Pollution ~oiit~o1Board
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