ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
November 6, 1975
FEDERAL PAPER BOARD COMPANY, INC.
)
Petitioner,
v.
)
PCB 75—247
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY,
)
Respondent.
OPINION AND
ORDER OF THE BOARD (by Mr. Goodman):
This matter comes before the Pollution Control Board
(Board) upon the August 11, 1975, Petition of the Federal
Paper Board Company, Inc. (Federal) for variance from Rules
203(g) (1) (A) and 204(c) (1) (A) of the Air Regulations. The
Environmental Protection Agency filed its recommendation on
October 23, 1975. No hearing was held.
Federal, a New York corporation, owns and operates a
facility in Morris, Grundy County, Illinois, which manu-
factures packaging cartons from recycled waste paper. At
the plant, Federal operates a traveling grate, coal—fired
boiler with a rated heat input of 179,000,000 BTU/hr.
Federal seeks variance, for this boiler, from Rule 203(g) (1) (A)
until July 31, 1975, arid from Rule 204(c) (1) (A) for a period
of one year. The boiler consumes 800 tons of coal per week,
operating 24 hours a day and 6 days a week, and produces
80,000 to 85,000 pounds of steam per hour.
Petitioner seeks variance from 203(g) (1) (A) in order to
allow completion of installation and testing of a mechanical
centrifugal collector. The multiclone, according to the
Agency recommendation, has been installed with a collection
efficiency of 90, bringing Petitioner into compliance with
Rule 203(g) (1) (A).
Federal employs 500 people at its Morris Plant and
states that it may have to close if its variance is not
granted. Due to equipment delays, Federal was two months
behind the regulatory compliance date of May 30, 1975. The
Board will grant Petitioner variance from Rule 203(g) (1) (A)
for its boiler.
Federal also seeks variance from Rule 204(c) (1) (A) for
its boiler in order to use its current supply of 2.5 sulfur-
coal and for one year to study the applicability of Supple-
mentary Control Systems (SCS) for its plant. Federal refers
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to the pending regulatory amendment of R75-5 which would
permit SCS in areas outside of Chicago, Peoria, and East St.
Louis Major Metropolitan Areas (MMA). Federal’s Morris
plant is located within the Chicago MMA and, therefore, R75-
5 would have no effect upon it. While Federal is free to
petition for a regulatory change, the variance procedure was
not intended for such use. The Board finds that Petitioner’s
compliance plan, with respect to Rule 204 (c) (1) (A), is
inadequate and therefore, must deny variance from that rule.
This Opinion constitutes the findings of fact and
conclusions of law of the Board in this matter.
ORDER
It is the Order of the Pollution Control Board that:
1) Federal Paper Board Company, Inc., be, and is
hereby, granted variance from Rule 203(g) (1) (A) until July
31, 1975 for its boiler at Morris, Illinois; and
2) Federal Paper Board Company, Inc.’s petition for
variance from 204 (c) (1) (A) be, and is hereby, dismissed
without prejudice.
I, Christan L. Moffett, Clerk of the Illinois Pollution
Control Board, hereby e tify the above Opinion and Order
were adopted on the
_____________
day of
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1975 by a vote of
4.-D
Illinois Pollution
rol Board
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