ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD

December 20, 1973

UNION CARBIDE CORPORATION,

Petitioner,

v.

)

PCB 73—313

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY,

Respondent.

ORDER OF THE BOARD

(by Mr. Henss)

It is

the order of the Pollution Control Board that:

Petitioner Union Carbide Corporation be granted variance

from Rules 103(b) (2),

103(b) (6) (E)

,

104, and 203(a)

of

the Illinois Air Pollution Control Regulations until

December 20,

1974,

for the purpose of installing control

equipment which will ultimately bring Petitioner into

compliance with the 23.72 lb./hr.

particulate emission

standard of Rule 203(a)

.

This variance is granted on

condition that:

1)

Petitioner shall file

a Compliance Plan and

Project Completion Schedule with this Board

and the Illinois Envitonmental Protection

Agency by January 31,

1974 which shall assure

Petitionerts compliance with the particulate

standard of Rule

203(a) by June

1,

1975.

2)

Petitioner shall by January

31,

1974 post

a

bond in the amount of $150,000 in

a form

acceptable

to the Environmental Protection

Agency, such bond to be forfeited in the event

Petitioner fails to meet the construction deadlines

of the Compliance Plan and Project Completion

Schedule.

The bond shall be mailed to:

Fiscal

Services Division, Illinois EPA,

2200 Churchill

Road,

Springfield,

Illinois 62706.

I, Christan L. Moffett, Clerk of the Illinois Pollution Contr 1 Board,

hereby certify the above Order was adopted this ~c~~”day

of

1973 by a vote of~ toe’

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