ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
    January
    17,
    1974
    ALLIED
    CHEMICAL
    CORP.
    PETITIONERS
    v.
    )
    PCB 73—382
    ENVIRONMENTAL
    PROTECTION
    AGENCY
    RESPONDENT
    EDWARD
    G.
    MAAG,
    ATTORNEY,
    in
    behalf
    of
    ALLIED
    CHEMICAL
    CORP.
    THOMAS
    A.
    CENGEL,
    ASSISTANT
    ATTORNEY
    GENERAL,
    on
    behalf
    of
    the
    ENVIRON-
    MENTAL
    PROTECTION
    AGENCY
    INTERIM
    ORDER
    OF
    THE
    BOARD
    (by
    Mr.
    Marder)
    Upon
    review
    of
    the
    record
    in
    the
    above
    matter,
    the
    Board
    finds
    that
    it
    can
    not
    reach
    a
    decision
    on
    the
    basis
    of
    the
    material
    submitted.
    ~o
    major points require additional information:
    1)
    Information
    as to why Petitioner can not within a very short
    time
    (30 days)
    cease from discharging
    95
    sulphuric acid into its ef-
    fluent.
    Why cannot this effluent be hauled to an acid manufacturer
    for reuse
    in
    production
    of new sulphuric acid
    as Petitioner does at its
    Fairmont City plant?
    2)
    The subject of dilution is discussed in the Agency Recommenda-
    tion
    (Pg.
    6)
    .
    The Agency, however,
    does not address itself to the prob-
    lem as regards Petitioner’s ultimate compliance
    plan.
    A review of Pet.
    Exhibit
    #2
    (no disclosure)
    reveals
    a total effluent loading of
    7.0 mg/l
    of fluoride and 25 mg/l suspended solids
    (25 mg/I to be lowered to 15 mg-
    i)
    .
    These values, however, are based on total
    flow,
    which is about
    79
    once through cooling water
    (fluoride 2.4 ppm, suspended solids 4.0 ppm
    -
    Pet. Exhibit
    #2 Pg.
    46)
    .
    Material balances on the proposed abatement
    plan seemingly would yield the following concentrations:
    Fl
    mg/l
    Susç.
    Solids
    Diss.
    Solids
    Comment
    mg/l
    mg/l
    KOH Regeneration
    0
    0
    0
    No flow
    HF Neutralization
    48
    Uranium Recovery
    301
    16,900
    Sulfide Liquor
    28
    8
    860
    Wastes
    Spent Sulphuric Acid
    —
    See Item
    #1
    10
    —
    669
    —2—
    Rule
    408
    has
    the
    foiJowing
    maximum
    values:
    Fluoride
    -
    2.5 mg/l
    Susp.
    Solids
    —
    15.0 mg/i
    Diss.
    Solids
    —
    3500 mg/i
    it
    would
    seem,
    then,
    that
    on
    the
    surface
    Petitioner1s
    compliance
    plans
    for
    HF
    Neutralization,
    uranium
    recovery,
    and
    sulfide
    liquor
    wastes
    will
    not
    meet
    the
    required
    levels
    w:Lthoui:
    the
    aid
    of
    the
    dilution
    effect
    of
    once
    through
    cooling
    water.
    Indeed,
    it
    will
    not
    even
    meet
    the
    7
    mg/i
    fiuioade
    levels
    it
    is
    requesting.
    The
    Board
    requires
    more
    ihformation
    on
    the
    rationale
    for
    these
    seeming
    contradictions
    from
    both
    parties.
    ORDER
    IT
    IS
    THE
    ORDER of the Pollution Control Board that:
    1.
    Within 21
    days
    of
    the date
    of this Order,
    the parties
    herein
    shall file information
    relevant
    to
    the
    two
    ma~or points
    discussed
    above.
    2.
    The
    parties
    herein
    are
    granted
    leave
    to
    file,
    within
    seven
    (7)
    days
    of
    the
    expiration
    of
    the
    period
    specified
    in
    1.
    above,
    briefs
    in
    reply
    to
    the
    information
    filed
    by
    the
    oaposinq
    party.
    IT IS SO ORDERED.
    I,
    Christan
    L.
    Moffett,
    Clerk
    of the Illinois Pollution
    Control
    Board,
    certify
    that
    the above Opinion and Order
    was
    adopted
    on
    this
    /7’~
    day
    of
    _____________
    ,
    1974
    by
    a
    vote
    of
    ~—p
    .

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