ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD

May

8, 1975

ASHLAND

CHEMICAL

COMPANY,

)

Petitioner,

v.

)

PCB

75—174

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY,)

Respondent.

ORDER OF

THE

BOARD

(by Dr. Odell)

On April

25,

1975, Ashland Chemical Company filed a

Petition For Variance with the Illinois Pollution Control

Board

(Board).

Ashland requested a variance from Rules

203

(g) (1) (B)

(particulates) and 204(c) (1) (A)

(sulfur dioxide)

of the Air Pollution Regulations

(Chapter Two).

More information

is required before the Board can de-

cide on merits of Petitioner’s request.

In Train

v.

Natural

Resources Defense Council,

Inc.

43 LW 4467

(April 15, 1975)

the United States Supreme Court ruled that variances from

implementation plans can be granted provided that the national

ambient air quality standards are not violated.

Petitioner

has not submitted any data on the

ambient

air quality standards

for particulates and sulfur dioxide for the area in which it

is

located.

Petitioner is requested to file the required data within

35 days of the adoption of this Order.

Failure to file the

necessary information will make the Petition for Variance sub-

ject to dismissal for lack of information.

The 90—day period

for final Board action shall begin to run from the time of the

filing of the ~mended Petition.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

I, Christan L. Moffett, Clerk of the Illinois Pollution Control

Board, hereby certify that the above Ord~rwas adopted on the

~5~ç1”

day of May,

1975, by a vote of

6-b

QiLAa-th~,r

~

Christan L. Moffe~~Qlerk

Illinois Pollution~-O~trolBoard