ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD

September 20,

1979

ALLIED

CHEMICAL CORPORATION,

Petitioner,

V.

)

PCB 79—101

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY,

Respondent.

ORDER

OF THE BOARD

(by Mr.

Dumelle):

Petitioner

is

hereby granted a variance from Rules

105(a),

204(f)(l)(A), and 204(f)(2)(A)

of the Air Pollution

Control Regulations from October

1,

1979 until October 31,

1979

subject to the following conditions:

a)

During the shutdown and maintenance of the Weliman—

Lord system,

Petitioner shall continuously monitor

wind speed, wind direction, and concentration of

sulfur dioxide emissions.

If wind speeds

in

excess of 15 knots persist for more than three

hours in any one direction,

Petitioner shall

reduce sulfur dioxide emissions to 736 pounds per

hour or less until

such high wind speeds have

diminished.

b)

Within

28 days of the completion of maintenance on

the

Weilman—Lord system,

Petitioner shall submit

records to the 7~gencyspecifying wind speeds, wind

directions, and quantities of sulfur dioxide

emissions for every one hour period during this

maintenance program.

These reports

shall be

submitted to the following address:

Illinois Environmental Protection Agency

Division of Air Pollution Control

Control Program Coordinator

2200 Churchill Road

Springfield,

Illinois

62706

c)

Within 45 days of the date of this Order,

Petitioner

shall execute

a certification of acceptance and

agreement to be bound to all the terms and conditions

of this variance.

This

45 day period shall be

held in abeyance if this matter

is appealed.

The

certification shall

be forwarded to the address

in

paragraph

(b)

and shall read as follows:

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CERTIFICATION

:~

(We),

—

—____

having

road

and

fully

understanding the Order in PCB 79—101,

hereby

accept

that~

Order

and agree to be bound by all of

its

tertr~s

and

conditions.

SIGNED __________________________________

TITLE

____________

________________

DATE

___________________________________

IT

IS

SO

ORDERED.

I,

Christan

L,

Moffett,

Clerk of the Illinois Pollution

Control

Bpard,

hereby

certify the ab

e Order was adopted on

day_of~~~~~~,

1979 by a

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Illinois Pollution Co

1 Board

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