ILLINOIS
POLLUTION
CONTROL
BOARD
May
16, 1974
SEMAY
BUILDING
PRODUCTS,
Petitioner,
J
PCB
73—565
ENVIRCNWNTAL
PROTECTION
AGENCY,
)
Respondent.
)
OPINION
AND
ORDER
OF
ThE
BOARD
(by
Mr.
Seaman):
On
December
28,
1973,
Seaway
Building
Products
Co.,
Inc.
filed
its
Petition for
Variance,
seeking therein
variance
from
the
provisions
of
Rule
205(f)
of the Air
Pollution
Regulations
for
a
period of
one year.
Petitioner
operates
a facility
located
at
2638
East
126th
Street,
Chicago,
Illinois.
At this facility, Petitioner manufactures residential
siding
from
aluminum and steel coils.
The metal
is
first
coated with a
primer.
It is
then
coated
with
one of
two protective
coatings
-
Water
Reducible
Acrylic Latex Coating or Plastisol
(PVC)
Coating.
These coatings
are
applied to the base metal by the use of a continuous
coil
coating line.
The coated
metal
is
then
sized and roll formed into residential siding
panels.
Petitioner
states
that estimated concentration of solvents in the
exhaust
stream are
as follows:
Latex:
Water
7782
P.P.M.
Mineral Spirits
2.6
P.P.M.
Hexylene Glycol
142
P.P.M.
Propylene Glycol
142
P.P.M.
Formaldehyde
5.5
P.P.M.
Plastisol:
Odorless Mineral Spirits
397
P.P.M.
Mineral Spirits,
High Flash
26
P.R.M.
Aromatic Naphtha
150 Flash
9.5
P.P.M.
Butyl
Carbitol Acetate
76
P.P.M.
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Petitioner uses approximately 60 lbs/hour of primer coating.
Stack
tests indicate emissions of photochemically reactive hydrocarbons at
a
rate of 9.89 lbs/hour.
Petitioner uses approximately 350 lbs/hour
of Water Reducible Acrylic Latex and 400 lbs/hour of Plastisol
(PVC)
for finish coating.
Stack tests
indicate emissions of photochemically
reactive hydrocarbons at
a rate of 10.48 lbs/hour.
Petitioner
is seeking a one year variance while
it converts coating
formulations
to utilize available exempt solvents.
Petitioner alleges
hardship in obtaining supplies of non-photochemically reactive solvents,
due to current petrochemical shortages.
The Agency has received several citizen complaints concerning paint
odors
in the vicinity of Petitioner’s facility.
The Agency
is of the
opinion, however, that the odors are emitted from the adjoining Ford
Motor Company assembly plant which emits
in excess of 1,000
lbs/hour
of solvents from its spray painting operation.
The Agency
recommends that this variance
be granted.
This Opinion constitutes
the findings of fact and conclusions of law
of the Board.
IT
IS THE~0RDERof the Pollution
Control Board that Seaway Building
Products Co.,
Inc.
be granted a Variance from the provisions of Rule
205(f)
of the Air Pollution Regulations
for a period of one year from the
date of this Order,
subject to
the following conditions:
a.
Petitioner shall
continue to use non-photochemically reactive
solvents whenever possible.
b.
Within
6 months, Petitioner shall submit
to the Agency
a
modified Compliance Plan
to replace that which has been nullified by
shortages.
This plan may:
1.
Achieve compliance at the expiration of the Variance
by replacement of photochemically reactive solvents
with non-reactive solvents demonstrated to
be not
in short supply;
or
2.
Achieve compliance at the expiration of the Variance
by
qualification
under
the Alternative
Standard
of
Rule
2O5(f)(l);
or
3.
Achieve
compliance
by
May
30,
1975
under
the
provisions
of Rule 205(f)(2)(D).
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c.
Within 6 months, Petitioner shall apply for all Agency permits
for this
facility.
d.
Within 30 days of this Order and for every quarterly period
thereafter, Petitioner shall submit a report to the Agency enumerating
the volume of non-exempt coatings used during the period,
and documenting
good-faith attempts to procure exempt coatings.
Such reports shall be
sent to:
Environmental
Protection Agency
Division of Air Pollution Control
Control Program Coordinator
2200 Churchill Road
Springfield,
Illinois
62706
I, Christan
L.
Moffett,
Clerk of the Illinois Pollution Control
Board, certify that the above Opinion and Order was adopted on this
lL,~’
day of
~
,
1974 by a vote of ~—e~
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