ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
    June 20, 1974
    INTERNATIONAL PAPER COMPANY,
    Petitioner,
    )
    vs.
    PCB 74-66
    ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY,
    Respondent.
    OPINION
    AND
    ORDER OF THE BOARD (by Mr.
    Seaman):
    On
    February
    14, 1974,
    International Paper Company filed
    its Petition
    for Variance, seeking therein variance from the provisions
    of Rule 205(f)
    of the Air Pollution Control
    Regulations until
    May 31,
    1975.
    On March
    27,
    1974, Petitioner filed an Amended Petition.
    Petitioner owns and operates
    its
    Folding Carton and Label
    Division in
    Peoria, County of Peoria,
    Illinois.
    At the Peoria facility, Petitioner
    manufactures printed ‘labels for food containers.
    The labels are designed,
    printed,
    varnished,
    cut to size, and packaged according to customers
    requirements.
    The Petition for Variance is concered with the varnishing
    operation.
    AT least 75,000 gallons of varnish and 65,000 gallons of
    thinner are used per year.
    The plant employs 350 people.
    Petitioner had operating permits when it filed the Petition for Variance.
    The permits expired
    on March
    31,
    ‘1974.
    The permits included
    a Compliance
    Plan which called for the use of exempt solvents to meet Rule 205(f).
    However,
    in January 1974, Petitioner was informed by potential suppliers
    that
    it would not receive the exempt solvents.
    Petitioner does not currently
    have operating permits from the Agency because it cannot demonstrate
    compliance with Rule 205(f).
    Petitioner states that emissions from its varnishing facility are
    approximately 19.5 pounds per hour from each of its three varnishing
    machines.
    Varnish
    is applied
    to approximately one-half of the labels made
    at the facility to produce
    a glossy finish and to make the labels water-~
    and scuff-resistant.
    Petitioner formerly discharged an additional
    3.8 pounds per hour of
    photochemically reactive material.
    However,
    Petitioner switched to
    a new
    thinner on January
    1,
    1974, and reduced the amount of photochemically
    reactive material emitted.
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    Petitioner plans
    to achieve compliance by utilizing non-photochemically
    reactive varnish
    as
    it becomes available.
    In addition, Petitioner
    is
    currently conducting research with waterbase varnishes, although it has
    been unsuccessful
    so far.
    Petitioner states that it will submit detailed
    specifications for waterbase varnish requirements
    to suppliers by
    June
    1,
    1974 and will request responses on or before December
    1,
    1974.
    Petitioner will then evaluate the varnishes by laboratory tests and by
    tests on its machines.
    If Petitioner determines that one of these varnishes
    is acceptable from the standpoint of both cost and suitability for
    Petitioner’s
    requirements,
    it will begin ordering the new varnish no
    later than March 31,
    1976.
    Petitioner will purchase and replace
    its
    inventory no later than April
    1,
    1975 and will begin using it no later
    than May 1,
    1975.
    Petitioner is also investigating the use of active carbon filtration
    in addition to searching for new sources
    of exempt solvent and waterbase
    varnish.
    Petitioner’s plant
    is located
    in an industrial
    park
    in Peoria,
    There
    are no citizen complaints.
    This Opinion constitutes the findings of fact and conclusions of law
    of the Board.
    IT
    IS THE
    ORDER of the Pollution Control Board that Petitioner be
    granted a variance from the provisions
    of Rule 205(f)
    of the Air Pollution
    Control
    Regulations
    until May31,
    1975, subject
    to the following conditions:
    a.
    Petitioner shall
    utilize as much exempt solvent
    formulations
    as
    can be furnished by its suppliers.
    b.
    Petitioner shall notify the Agency imediately
    if
    any deviation from the compliance time table occurs.
    c.
    Petitioner
    shall submit quarterly reports
    to:
    Environmental
    Protection Agency
    Division of Air Pollution Control
    Control
    Program Coordinator
    2200 Churchill
    Road
    Springfield,
    Illinois
    62706
    Said reports shall detail:
    ‘1.
    total
    amount of solvents used during the quarter;
    2.
    nature and amount
    of non-exempt solvents used;
    3.
    nature and amount of exempt solvents used;
    4.
    nature and amount of exempt solvents purchased
    (indicating the supplier);
    5.
    nature and amount of non-exempt solvents purchased
    (indicating the supplier);
    6.
    nature and amount of solvents in inventory at the
    beginning of each quarter.
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    —3—
    d.
    Within
    6 months
    of the date of this Order, Petitioner
    shall submit to the Agency
    a modified compliance plan.
    This plan
    may:
    i.
    Achieve compliance at the expiration of the Variance
    by replacement of photochemically reactive solvents with non-reactive
    solvents demonstrated to
    be readily available;
    or
    ii.
    Achieve compliance at the expiration of the Variance
    by qualification under the Alternative Standard of Rule 205 (f)(i);
    or
    iii.
    Achieve compliance by
    May 30, 1975 under the provisions
    of Rule 2O5(f)(2)(D).
    I. Christan
    L. Moffett,
    Clerk of the Illinois Pollution Control
    Board,
    certify that the above Opinion and Order was adopted on this
    ~
    day of
    ~
    ,
    1974 by
    a vote of
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