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OPINION AND ORDEF (1

lb

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Zestlin):

This mattes is

‘C

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a’

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a iariance Petition concerning

cyanide dischargea

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ron tc ~

t

n...a ‘sotii Oil Corporation’ s Joliet

Refinery into the Dc

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nct

Ph... nstant Petition was filed

on October 29, 1976

The £actoc

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Ztt_i

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Petition is the same as that

discussed i

ti.

e

...?~ses and neea rot be repeated

here.

Simiiari.1

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.a.sc,g~

this case are set forth

in an Intorlir

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c

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ii

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20,

.LY’7 and, likewise, do not

require repetit.on he

It is sufic

ir

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Mobil has been granted Variance

from the cyan..de

-

.-

11

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408(a) and from Rule 1002 of

Chapter

3: Watc. Poll

Li

z

tb’s Board s Rules and Regulations.

In addition to

)tI’c

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Co

ci

u.

n~er...mcyanide limitations were

set in those Varaan~..egrari...c

i’

nLnrn in the following table, taken

from the Environmental Prct ~ctio

i

Agency‘s

(Agency) Recommendation

in this matter or Janaacy

,

‘77,

Case Name &

Citation

flu.

V

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l1imi

tat 1cm

PCB 73-452

7/a5/4

1,25/75

—

Monthly Average

13

PCB

179

(1974)

0.5 mg/l

-

Daily Maximum

0.8 mg/i

PCB 74—393

1/2.../.~,

-

L,24/76

-

Monthly Average

15 PCB 253

(1975i

.3 mg/i

-

Daily Maximum

.5 mg/i

PCB 75-’42C

.1.

It

s’24/17

-

Monthly Average

19 PCB 524

(i975)

.2 mg/i

-

Daily

Maximum

.32 mg/i

24—695

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As in thos

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.it

that Mobil be gro.

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a a

t~

that the sawe

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applicable,

az4c t

Mobil’s effluent

i

-‘os

As

a.n the nos

zcc~....

fo

the reasons

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find that a Vana- c’

The only rennin,

in PCB 75—420, is

‘c

£

applied w4th the d’nL

for a decision wrl---ut

.

of the conditi

is

.

are essent,all, s

-.

The only change t.

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-

be a slight increas

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discharges,

amountit

.)

After exar~nr~

.

in this matter

t~

the recoiv rg water

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actually ac ia cV

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As wa~~

the

C3

that a general re”.

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is presently pend

with any stand rd

.-i

“Cyanide”;

see

aro

This Opinion

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of law of the Boar

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IL,enn~

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Al

s Recomnerdac.ion, whic

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Verience grant

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.ecom’endn. nn io ~d

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for

cyan~dc

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nd

the Agonc’y

~crea-ewi’s

-lot affect

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IT

IS

THE

ORDER

OF

TI

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ON

(‘(NTHOI.

HOARI)

I

hat

:

1.

Petitioner MOD

)~l(.or~..orationis hereby granted a

Variance from Rules 408(,

cyanide only)

and 1002 of Chapter 3:

Water Pollution, of the Po..lution Control Board Rules and Regulations

for the period January 2’

~°77 through January 24,

1978, subject

to -the following condition:

a.

Petitioner s cyanide effluent concentration

shall not exceed a nonui y average of 0.2 mg/i or a

maximum at

any

time c~C

37 mg/i during the period of

this Variance.

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V.rioacc

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‘~tr’”e0,

PC2

—4,)

nd

C.

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ertic..-

S.

-

cc.

-

‘nare

‘~

-

thah. again rte

-

~yt..iid’

discharge

standards

-

-

4

-a

this

Ia’ tance on compliance

3

~-

8 thereunder.

a7C—i5, -16,

-i

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I.

~ta~rs

to

cya..ide.

0tttttec

~hc.J-..

C

ngs of fact ~nd conclusions

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OzflER

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b

Petitoner

naIl

coannue its efforts tc

develop a con~roiprogtazu to

re1”ce its

cyanide

effluent

con~entret’onto 0 07”

g/i

c.

Pc ttiore~ sIaii c”ntinue to file bi—monthly

progress repotts with the Iinvironmentai Protection Agency,

such reports to incluat

do

a minimum:

i)

Progress on all cyaiide control methods

being pursued by Petitioner;

(2)

An:’ and all record& o~cyanide concentra-

tion in Petitiuner’s effluent, with at least

four deterniratlons to ~e made weekly.

(3)

Any

and au

rec.o

c’s

Os

tyanide concentra-

tions at the ea,e of

ta wastewater mixing

zone

wit? at i,.nt ‘ne determination to

be

made

weekly.

d

Should a tec..hnt

--

qicciiy feasibie and econom-

ically reasowbte meth’-I of compliance with the general

stanGard of

0 ~25 mg/i

tot~sicyanide be developed during

the term of

t.h’s Varj,

!kce

Petitioner shall commence

immediately to implement stch method as expeditiously as

possible.

e.

In the evcnt

~.

_ess restrictive general effluent

limitation for cynide

Is promulgated by this Board as a

result of proceedings currently before the Board, Petitioner

sha”

within thirty

(30)

days, submit to the Iiiinois

Environmental Protection Agency a final plan for compli-

ance with such new standard, and shaii implement such

plan immediately.

2.

Petitioner Mobil Oil Corporation shail, within thirty

(30)

days

of

the

date

of

this

Order, execute and

forward

a

Certificate

of

Acceptance,

is

the

form

shown

on

the

foiiowinq

paqe,

to:

Environmental

Protection

Agency

Control Program Coordinator

2200 Churchill Road

Springfield, Illinois

62706

24-697

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CERTIFICATE OF ACCEPTANCE

I,

(We)

,

____

having read

the Order of the IllInois Pollution Control Board

in

case No~ PCB 76~272, understand and accept said Order,

realizing that such acceptance renders all terms and

conditions thereto binding and enforceable.

SIGNED

TITLE

DATE

I, Christan L, Moffett,

Clerk of the Illinois Pollution

Control Board, here~Jy

certify t~heabove Opinion and Order we e

adopted

on the

d~yof

~

1077,

by

~i

vote

of

Christan L. Moffe

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Illinois Pollutio

ntrol Board

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