ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD

June 19, 1997

IN THE MATTER OF:

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WOOD FURNITURE COATING:

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R97-31

AMENDMENTS TO 35 ILL. ADM. CODE

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(Rulemaking - Air)

211, 218, AND 219, SUBPART F

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ORDER OF THE BOARD (by R.C. Flemal):

This matter comes before the Board upon a proposal for rulemaking filed by the Illinois

Environmental Protection Agency (Agency) on June 3, 1997. The proposal is intended to

amend the Board’s Reasonably Available Control Technology (RACT) rules in response to the

issuance by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) of a Control

Technique Guideline (CTG) for wood furniture coating operations.

On June 10, 1997 the Agency filed an errata sheet, the principal item of which is a

request to delete from the caption of prior and future documents in this matter reference to the

“15% ROP Plan.” The Board hereby grants that request; the caption of the instant order

reflects the modification. The Board also accordingly rescinds its action of June 5, 1997 in

which it accepted the instant proposal as a 15% ROP proposal under the fast-track rulemaking

provisions of Section 28.5 of the Act.

Section 182(b)(2) of the Clean Air Act (CAA), as amended in 1990 (42 USC § 7511

(a)(b)(2)) requires Illinois to submit a revision to its State Implementation Plan (SIP) to include

provisions to require the implementation of RACT for each category of volatile organic

material (VOM) sources covered by a CTG document issued by the Administrator of the

USEPA after the enactment of the CAA amendments in 1990. Pursuant to Section 183 of the

CAA (42 USC § 7511(b)), wood furniture coating operations are one of the 11 stationary

source categories of VOM emissions for which a CTG must be issued by USEPA. On May

20, 1996, USEPA published its final CTG for wood furniture coating operations.

This matter is hereby accepted for hearing pursuant to Section 27 of the Environmental

Protection Act (Act)(415 ILCS 5/1 et seq. (1996)). The hearing officer is directed to

schedule and conduct hearings as required under the Act and the Board’s procedural rules.

Accompanying the Agency’s proposal is a motion to waive certain filing requirements

of 35 Ill. Adm. Code 102. First, the Agency requests that the Board waive the requirement of

35 Ill. Adm. Code 102.120 that the entire proposal be submitted to the Attorney General and

the Department of Natural Resources. The Agency contacted representatives of both

departments who agreed that it would be sufficient to be formally notified that a proposal has

been filed and where it can be reviewed. Second, the Agency asks for partial relief from the

requirement of 35 Ill. Adm. Code 102.121(f) that requires the Agency to provide copies of all

documents relied upon in the proposal. The Agency states that most of these documents are

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readily accessible and have already been provided to the Board in previous rulemakings. The

Agency will provide three copies of Guideline Series: Control of Volatile Organic Compound

Emissions From Wood Furniture Manufacturing Operations. The Board hereby grants the

Agency’s motion to waive the above-described filing requirements, and allows the Agency to

file only three copies of the Guideline Series: Control of Volatile Organic Compound

Emissions From Wood Furniture Manufacturing Operations.

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 19th day of June 1997 by a vote of 6-0.

Dorothy M. Gunn, Clerk

Illinois Pollution Control Board