ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD

September

29, 1977

B. F.

GOODRICH CHEMICAL COMPANY,

Petitioner,

v.

PCB 77—155

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY,

)

Respondent.

Mr. Jeffery

C. Fort of Martin,

Craig, Chester

&

Sonnenschein appeared on behalf of Petitioner

Ms. Ann Carr, Assistant Attorney General, appeared

on behalf of Respondent

OPINION AND ORDER OF THE BOARD

(by Mr. Dumelle):

This matter comes before the Board on a petition for variance

from the requirements of Rule 404(b)

of Chapter

3:

Water Pollution

of the Boardts Rules and Regulations.

A hearing was held on

August 19, 19~7at the City Hall in Henry, Illinois,

The parties

agree that a variance should he granted.

The oniy dispute which

remains is whether the terms of the variance should be tied to the

requirements

of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act Ammendments

of 1972

(FWPCA).

Petitioner operates a chemical plant at Henry,

Illinois, The

wastewater discharge from the plant averages approximately one

million gallons per day and cannot consistently meet effluent

limitations of

20 mg/i BOD and 25 mg/i suspended solids. A number

of short-term remedies have been pursued by Petitioner to get into

compliance, but none of these has performed adequately.

Pre-

sently Petitioner

is confident that construction of an equal-

ization basin at a cost of $46Of 000 will stem the effects of incon-~

sistent influent to its treatment system.

Construction should be

complete by December

1, 1977 and a variance is requested until

May 1,

1978 to allow time to evaluate the improvements.

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3)

During the term of this variance, Petitioner shall comply

with a monthly average effluent limitation of 65 mg/i amd a daily

maximum effluent limitation

of

200 mg/i for BOD and suspended solids.

4)

Within 35 days of the

‘ate

of

this Order Petitioner shall

forward to

the:

I1linoi~

Environmental Protection Agency

Division

of

Water

Pollution

Control

Variance

Section

2200

Churchill

Roac~

Springfield,

Iilinofs

62706

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certificatidn

of acceptance and agreement to be bound to all

terms

and

conditions

of

this

variance.~

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form

of said certi-

fication shall be as follows:

CERTIFICATION

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(We)

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having read and fully ~

Pollution Control Board in PCB

1-155,

hereby accept said Order

and Agree to be bound by all the terms and conditions thereof.

Signed by _____________________________

Title

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Date

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Christan

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Moffett,

Clerk of the Illinois Pollution

Control

Board,

hereby

certify

the

above

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