ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
    December 20, 1973
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    GALVA
    SUPER VALU, INC.
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    v.
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    PCB 73-428
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    ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECT ION AGENCY
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    OPINION AND ORDER OF THE BOARD (by Mr. Dumelle):
    Petition for variance was filed with the Board on October 10,
    1973 for an incinerator located at this supermarket in Galva,
    Henry County.
    No public hearing was held.
    The Agency filed its recommendation on October 31, 1973 and
    recommended denial of the variance. The Agency construes the
    petition as being from Rule 3-3. 232 of the Rules and Regulations
    Governing the Control of Air Pollution (the present particulate
    standard for existing incinerators) ;Rule 103 (operating permits);
    Rule 104 (compliance program) ; and Rule 203(e) (3) (particulate
    regulations effective after December 31, 1973).
    Petitioner states that no gas :is available to operate a new
    incinerator which would meet the standards.
    The statement is also
    made that compactors
    are not practical due to space problems and
    that no pick-up service is available within 60 miles, presumably
    for the compactorts output. Bailers are similarly rejected because
    of space needs.
    City
    pick-up is stated to be too ‘thigh~and the only alternative
    the petitioner can find is to burn its cardboard and paper wastes.
    The Agency, in its recormnendation, estimates the material to
    be incinerated at 100 lbs. per hour (maximum rate) and 500 lbs. per
    day. Emissions are given as 0.53 grains per standard cubic foot (scf)
    compared to the 0.35 standard in Rule 3-3.232, both corrected to
    50 excess air. The new standard, under Rule 203(e) (3), is 0.2
    grains per scf, corrected to 12 CO2.
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    The space “problems” alleged by the petitioner can be cured
    by the construction of a shed in the parking lot according to the
    Agency. Further, pick-up by the City of Galva is available for
    $540 additional per year.
    While we accept the petitioner’s statement and corroboration
    from Illinois Power Company that gas is not presently available,
    we are not satisfied that the alternatives have been adequately
    pursued. We deny the variance without prejudice.
    The petitioner should vigorously pursue the recycle or disposal
    of its cardboard and paper.
    A recent Solid Waste Workshop in
    Wilmette (November 30) revealed prices for corrugated paper in excess
    of $60 per ton and rising.
    At 500 lbs. per day, of total paper,
    petitioner might well generate a ton a week of this material and
    net enough to offset the expense of a bailer and/or shed. The
    fact that nearby residents have
    had problems
    from the
    smoke and
    soot of the present incinerator shows that it
    should not continue
    to be utilized absent a hardship that has yet to be proven.
    This Opinion constitutes the Board’s findings of fact and
    conclusions of law.
    ORDER
    The petition for variance is denied without prejudice.
    IT IS SO ORDERED.
    I, Christan L. Moffett, Clerk of the Illinois Pollution Control
    Board, hereby certify the above Opinion and Order were adopted on the
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    day of I)ecember, 1973 by a vote of ..~-O
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    C ristan L. Mofett,’C~~k
    Illinois Pollution Coz~oi Board
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