IC & S WOOD AlT PAPEP ~ORPORlT Oi
M ~ ~ Wood and Paper seews n year exteosJo~of a varia~
originaiJ granted
iii
PCE ~2~23C and exteneed
in
l~l ~3~365 ~or
the burnirg of wooa waste wit tie 0id of an ai c rtair destructor~
Peti i~nc perates a ~aoe~ recycling an~w~o rec~aimir
busincs~ approximately one rnr~e eas
f
Bel;idere Fror 5 t 2
tors of trade waste
i~
prccsssed n~t~?facil
~i
early the wood
portion of this wa’te crnsists o o~i~ets,dividers and cratino
lumber W~rlethe wood
jc
gen~ral1y dee
e preserc~ o ra~la
wire and meta stripping proh~l~tthe use I a cIipper~ ‘~o
salvageab~ewood
in
burned ir a pit w~t~the a~dif an ai~ cu tu
destr actor
Disposa~of the wood waste by landfr~ ¶,00ld cost $2~00 per
truckload wtereas Pet~tiorercar barn the iaste at about me co~r
of $6 00 oe~ load
(2
to~sof wood waste pe~ loan
The Agency xecomrrerd tIe granting of thi~ ax~ance Vis~oe
emissione are low 105 opacY~ or less tnere ar-i no corrpiaints
from neiqhbors and resourcen are being recyclec throug~ a generall;
satisfactory operation The only uroblem noted by the Agency v-a the
possible lack of good housekeeping at the srte P recent fire ~as
allegedly caused by sparks landing or wood waste litter near the
air curtain destructor~ As a result of thin fire the Agency did
send Petitioner a letter reauestang better housekeeprrg practices.
We shall grant this variance becaase tne benefits from this re
cycling outweigh its slight environmental impact. The cost of
landfill would be prohibitive for this business. It should be
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noted, however, that such variances are not automatic and further
reports of fires caused by poor housekeeping will severely
jeopardize the granting of any future variances.
ORDER
It is the Order of the Pollution Control Board that M & S
Wood and Paper Corporation be granted variance from the Air
Pollution Control Regulations until September 19, 1975 to burn
certain wood wastes at its Boone County site, subject to renewal
on an annual basis upon application and proper proof and subject
to the following conditions:
I,
Only landscape waste and clean unpainted lumber
shall be disposed
of
in the air curtain destructor.
All other lumber and debris shall
be
separated prior
to burning and
disposed
of
by
some other
means. Under
no circumstances shall Petitioner conduct any open
burning or incineration of materials not in the air
curtain destructor,
2, Petitioner shall improve the housekeeping at its facility
so as to eliminate the possibility of illegal fires
caused by sparks igniting litter and nearby waste
materials.
3.
An operator must be in attendance at all times when
wood waste is being burned.
4. The feed to the air curtain destructor shall be adjusted
so as to prevent any visible emissions from the destructor
above 10 opacity.
5, Material used to promote combustion shall not be lower
in guality than
#2
fuel oil.
6.
Burning shall be conducted only on days when the wind
velocity is
between
5 and 25 miles per hour.
7. Burning shall be conducted only between the hours of
8:00 a.m, and 4:00 p.m.
8. The burning site shall be provided with adequate fire
protection and with such equipment as necessary to
control accidental fires,
9. The air curtain destructor shall be operated in accordance
with the manufacturer~s operating instructions.
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10. Petitioner shall be subject to the Agency’s standard
conditions for open burning (APC-l7l as revised 7/73).
I, Christan L, Moffett, Clerk of the Illinois Pollution Control
Board, ~ereby certify
~he
above Opinion and Order was adopted
this ~
day of
1974
by
a vote of _____to ~
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