ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
February
21,
1974
KENCOTE LAMINATIONS,
INC.,
)
Petitioner,
vs.
)
PCB
73—500
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY,
Respondent.
OPINION
AND
ORDER OF THE BOARD
(by Mr.
Seaman):
On November
29,
1973,
Kencote Laminations,
Inc.
filed
its Petition
For Variance
seeking therein variance
from
the provisions
of Rule 205(f)
of the Air Pollution Control
Regulations until June
30,
1974.
Petitioner operates a facility in Lake Bluff, County
of Lake,
Illinois.
The subject facility is
a custom coating
and laminating operation utilizing both active and inactive
solvent systems to deposit varying amounts of adhesives,
vinyls, acetates and other resins on papers,
fabric, urethane
foams and assorted other substrates,
using three gas fired
hot air ovens to remove the solvents.
Petitioner is seeking a variance from Rule 205(f)
of the Air Pollution Control Regulations in order to allow
it to continue operating its tower drying oven and its H/C
drying oven while control equipment is being installed.
Petitioner~sfacility contains three major emission
sources:
a.
Source
1
—
tower drying oven:
emissions of
aromatic solvent blends and MEK.
b.
Source
2
-
H/C drying ovens:
emissions of MEK.
c.
Source
3
-
H/C drying dvens:
emissions of aromatic
solvent blends.
Petitioner estimates the following average emissions
from each source:
a.
Source
1:
60
lbs/hr aromatic solvent blends
30
lbs/hr MEK
b.
Source
2:
34 lbs/hr MEK
c.
Source
3:
34
lbs/hr aromatic solvent blends
158
lbs/hr
TOTAL
11 —333
The Agency disagrees with Petitioner
as to
the
total
amount of emissions from the three sources.
Agency personnel
have made the following calculation ofP~titioner’stotal
emissions:
amount of material applied
=
800,000 lbs/yr
hours of operation
=
2000 hr/yr
estimated emission factor
=
1200 lbs/ton
800,000 lbs/hr
,~
1200 lbs/ton
=
140 lbs/hr
2000 lbs/ton
2000
lbs/yr
Rule
205(f), which
came
into effect December 31,
1973,
limits emissions of hydrocarbons
from
each
of Petitioner~s
sources to
8 lbs/hr
(total
from
all
sources
=
24
ibs/hr)
In
an
attempt
to
achieve
compliance
with
Rule
205 (f)
Petitioner
has
contracted
with
drying
Systems
Inc.
,
Morton
Grove,
Illinois,
to
desion.
suprlv
and
install
three
14000
gas—fired
incinerators
on
the existing exhaust
stacks to
redoce
:he
emission
o~ an
so~~
~
oe~ow
~ccentabc
sta.ndards,
The
estimated
cc: st
of
the. incinerators
is
$60 ,000.
Incinerator capacities
will
be:
Tower
Drying
Oven
10.
gaL/hour
of
solvent
H/C
Drying
Oven
33
1, /hou.r
of
solvent
:lc~fai
for
2
units)
Sfnce
the
incinerators
are
of
segenerative
design,
exhaust
temperatures
will
range~
from
175°F
to
an
estimated
375°F at
the
point
of
exhaust,
Dwell
time
in
the
incin-
erators
will
be
approximately
L
secends
at
1400°F
assuring
complete
reduction
of
exhausts
to
non~visible,
non—contam-
inating,
no
odor
emissions.
installation
of
ducti
nq
•
inc.inera
tors,
fans,
and
all
electrical
controls
will
take
3
to
8
weeks
resulting
in
a
com-
pletion
date
of
approximately
bared
l5~
1974
with
testing
and
final
approval
by
Petitioner
by
A~:rth
1974,
The
Agency
believes
that
the
control
equipment that
Petitioner
is
having
instailed
will
bring
the
emission
sources
in cmestion into
compliance.
The
Agency
also
believes
that
Petitioner~s
time
schedule
for
installation
ds
reasonable.
Petitioner
alleces
that
when
it
first
contracted
wild
Droing
~stems
T
c
inc
2:
~
ooth
parties
ant
t~at
ui1
~n~a
of
~
~
s
stem
wousu
cc:
prior
to
December
..•.3
,
19 73~
the
a f:Eective
date
of
Rule
II
1)
thus
obvm:t~n
I
~uce
Peti
tioncr
fai
—3--
alleges that delays on the part of the equipment
supplier,
which were beyond Petitioner~scontrol, have caused the
final date of installation
to be
extended to April
15,
1974.
Petitioner~sfacility is located
in
a heavily in-
dustrialized area and the nearest residence
is approximately
one-half mile away.
The Agency has not received complaints
regarding Petitioner~sfacility.
We are disposed to grant variance from Rule 205(f).
However,
we see no reason to allow variance until June 30,
as requested
by Petitioner, when Petitioner itself states
that it expects the subject incinerators to be operational
by
April
15,
1974,
This Opinion constitutes the findings of
fact and
conclusions of law
of
the Board.
ORDER
IT
IS
THE
ORDER
of
the
Pollution
Control
Board
that
Kencote Laminations,
Inc.
be granted a
variance
from Rule
205(f)
of the Air Pollution Control Regulations until May
I,
l974~
subject to the following conditions:
1,
Petitioner shall apply for andobtain all necessary
construction and operating permits from the Agency;
2.
Within 30 days of the date, of this Order, Petitioner
shall submit proof to the Agency,
in writing, that it is
able
to obtain the necessary fuel to operate the three
gas-fired incinerators.
Said submittal be sent to:
Environmental Protection Agency
Division of Air Pollution Control
Control Program Coordinator
2200 Churchill Road
Springfield,
Illinois
62706
3.
Commencing
30 days after the date of this Order,
and continuing monthly thereafter, Petitioner
shall submit
reports to the Agency detailing the progress made toward
compliance with Rule 205(f).
4.
Prior to
the expiration of the variance,
Petitioner
shall install a hood over its roller coaters to direct the
fumes to the ovens on Sources
2 and 3.
11
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335
—4—
I, Christan L. Moffett, Clerk of the Illinois Pollution
Order
Control Board, certify that the above 0 in
was adopted on this ~
day of
~
1974
by a vote of
~