ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
    May 1, 1997
    IN MATTER OF:
    PETITION OF GRANITE CITY STEEL
    FOR AN ADJUSTED STANDARD FROM
    35 ILL. ADM. CODE 302.212 AND
    302.213, WATER QUALITY STANDARDS
    RELATING TO AMMONIA
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    AS 97-6
    (Adjusted Standard - Water)
    ORDER OF THE BOARD (by R.C. Flemal):
    On January 16, 1997 the National Steel Corporation Granite City Division (GCD) filed
    a petition for an adjusted standard from the Board’s water quality standard relating to
    ammonia. On January 23, 1997 the Board found the petition deficient and ordered GCD to
    file an amended petition curing the deficiencies within 45 days, or the petition would be
    subject to dismissal. On March 6, 1997, at the request of GCD, the Board stayed its order
    until May 5, 1997.
    Currently before the Board is an April 23, 1997 GCD motion for continuance of
    temporary stay. According to GCD, it is carrying on discussions with the Illinois
    Environmental Protection Agency. If GCD’s waters are designated as Effluent Modified
    Waters GCD would be subject to less stringent ammonia limitations with which it may be able
    to comply. These negotiations may therefore result in the withdrawal of the adjusted standard
    petition. Consequently GCD requests an additional 60-day stay of the Board’s January 23,
    1997 order. On April 29, 1997 GCD filed a letter with the Board stating that the Agency has
    consented to GCD’s request for temporary stay. The Board hereby grants GCD’s requested
    stay until July 7, 1997. If GCD does not file an amended petition by July 7, 1997, the petition
    for adjusted standard filed on January 16
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    will be subject to dismissal. The Board notes that it
    will entertain the request for public hearing when and if GCD files a sufficient amended
    petition and publishes the requisite notice.
    IT IS SO ORDERED.
    Board Member Kathleen M. Hennessey abstained.
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    IT IS SO ORDERED.
    I, Dorothy M. Gunn, Clerk of the Illinois Pollution Control Board, hereby certify that
    the above order was adopted on the 1
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    day of May, 1997, by a vote of 6-0.
    Dorothy M. Gunn, Clerk
    Illinois Pollution Control Board

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