ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
July 20, 2006
IN THE MATTER OF:
PROPOSAL OF VAUGHAN & BUSHNELL
MANUFACTURING COMPANY OF
AMENDMENT TO A SITE-SPECIFIC RULE
35 ILL. ADM. CODE 901.121
)
)
)
)
)
)
R06-11
(Rulemaking – Noise)
Proposed Rule. First Notice.
ORDER OF THE BOARD (by T.E. Johnson):
On October 20, 2005, the Board received a rulemaking proposal submitted by Vaughan
& Bushnell Manufacturing Company (V&B) pursuant to Section 27 of the Illinois
Environmental Protection Act (Act) (415 ILCS 5/27 (2004)). V&B seeks a site-specific rule
amending a previously promulgated site-specific noise rule that would extend the allowable
operational levels of its forging facility located at the intersection of Davis and Main Streets,
Bushnell in McDonough County. On March 7, 2006, a hearing was held at City Hall, 138 Hail
Street, Bushnell.
By today’s action the Board adopts the proposed amendments for the purpose of first
notice, pursuant to the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act (5 ILCS 100/1-1). The proposal
will be published in the
Illinois Register
whereupon a 45-day public comment period will begin
during which interested persons may file additional public comments with the Board.
BACKGROUND
V&B manufactures striking tools, and owns and operates a forging shop built in 1940 in
Bushnell (facility). Pet. at 1,6. The facility consists of ten drop hammers capable of producing
up to 2,500 lbs. of force in the production of striking tools. Pet. at 1. The facility is V&B’s
primary production facility, and is located in an area of Bushnell that is primarily industrial. Pet.
at 1-2. V&B is the largest employer in Bushnell, currently employing 230 people. Pet. at 6.
V&B asserts that currently the land uses in the immediate area, in addition to industrial,
are agricultural, residential, rail transportation and vacant land. Pet. at 2. V&B asserts that
because the facility has received a site-specific rule with regard to sound emissions, the Board’s
noise regulation have generally not been applicable.
Id.
V&B contends that it is seeking an
amendment to the previously promulgated rule that will establish a twenty-four hour period of
operation.
Id.
V&B proposes that the site-specific rule amend the current rule at 35 Ill. Adm.
Code 901.121. Pet. at 2-3.
In its statement of reasons, V&B asserts that the predominate industrial character of the
area surrounding the facility creates heavy truck, vehicle and train traffic that combine to create
an abundance of noise far in excess of the noise created by V&B at the facility. Pet. at 5. V&B
2
asserts that due to the substantial heat created during the forging process, the facility requires
extensive ventilation provided by a process called “natural cooling” in which doors to the outside
are opened. Pet. at 7. V&B contends that sound emission is a consequence of the forging
industry, and that although there have been advances in technology, such changes have not
adequately replaced the “natural cooling” system that most forging shops utilize. Pet. at 8.
V&B asserts that placing sound barriers around the facility would have the side effect of
reducing the air flow needed for the “natural cooling” of the shop, and that ventilation systems
placed in or around the furnaces cost upwards of $500,000 each and would not permit the
complete closure of the side openings, as fresh air must be permitted to enter the shop. Pet. at 8.
V&B argues that technological advances in the forging industry have not created an
economically reasonable alternative to the “natural cooling” system used by most forging shops
and that neither sound barriers nor ventilation systems are economically reasonable. Pet. at 8,10.
V&B asserts that the facility complies with the applicable Board sound emission
standards and limitations and that it does not, therefore, have an adverse environmental impact
on the area. Pet. at 10.
As proposed, the site-specific effluent standard requested by V&B would provide as
follows:
Section 901.121
Vaughan & Bushnell Operational Level
Vaughan & Bushnell Manufacturing Company and the future owners of the forging
facility located at the intersection of Davis and Main Streets, Bushnell, Illinois, shall
comply with the following site-specific operational level:
a)
Operate no more than ten hammers at any one time during the hours of 6.00 a.m.
and 1.30 a.m. Monday through Sunday; and
b)
Operate no more than ten hammers at any one time during the hours of 1.30 a.m.
and 6.00 a.m. Monday through Sunday its forging hammers only between the
hours of 6:00 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. Monday through Saturday. Pet. at 3.
MARCH 7, 2006 HEARING
On March 7, 2006, a hearing was held in this matter at City Hall, 138 Hail Street,
Bushnell, McDonough County. Jeremy M. Pelphrey appeared and participated on behalf of the
petitioners. Mark V. Gurnik appeared and participated on behalf of the Illinois Environmental
Protection Agency (Agency). Many members of the public attended the hearing, with 12
providing public comment.
At the hearing, Dan Chambers, Butch Morning, and Mike Havens submitted written and
oral testimony for V&B. The Agency did not provide any testimony. The transcript was
received at the Board on March 15, 2006. Public comments were due on or before April 17,
2006. V&B timely filed a post-hearing comment.
3
V&B’s Testimony
Dan Chambers
Chambers is the manager of quality assurance for V&B. Tr. at 14. He testified that the
company was incorporated in 1892 and began supplying hammers to Sears & Roebuck in 1897.
Tr. at 15. Chambers stated that at the Bushnell facility, the company produces hammers,
hatchets, heavy striking tools, and pry bars.
Id.
Chambers described the process at the facility.
The bar steel is purchased and cut to length. The steel is heated to 2100 – 2200 degrees and
placed in between two dyes before it is drop-forged to make the shape of the hammer. The drop
forge process takes between five to eight blows ,depending on the size of the drop hammer and
the size of the steel. After the forging operation, the hammerheads are ground, heated, inspected,
and polished before being painted, re-polished and brand-stamped. Tr. at 15.
Chambers testified that V&B has approximately 263 employees, and is the largest
employer in Bushnell, a town of approximately 3,300 people. Tr. at 16. V&B has a gross annual
payroll of 8.4 million dollars and paid the city of Bushnell $137,000,000 last year for water, gas
and electricity, as well as $39,000 in property taxes.
Id.
Chambers testified that V&B produces between 13,000 and 15,000 pieces a day, with
orders increasing by approximately 15 percent last year. Tr. at 17. V&B is penalized if they do
not ship on time by some buyers, while other buyers – such as Lowe’s and Home Depot – have
policies that require V&B to cancel the order if it cannot be filled promptly.
Id.
Chambers
asserted that if a particular item is canceled too often, it is dropped from the store.
Id.
Chambers
testified that to keep up with demand, V&B must increase the amount of hammers it produces.
Id.
Currently, he stated, V&B has ten drop hammers that run two shifts. Adding another drop
hammer would require the construction of an additional building that would be very costly. Tr.
at 18. Chambers testified that it was determined in November that to meet the demand for
orders, V&B had to add a third shift in the forge shop.
Id.
A third shift was added at that time,
and the company has added 30 employees.
Id.
Chambers testified that V&B has not received
any complaints since it added the third shift. Tr. at 19, 21.
Butch Mourning
Mourning is the process engineer for V&B. Tr. at 28. Mourning testified that V&B is
located directly across the railroad tracks from Archer Daniels. Tr. at 29. Mourning testified
that it’s 300 feet from the forge area to the first residence. Tr. at 34. He testified that the forge
shop itself is where the drop hammers are located and is 118 feet by 77 feet. Tr. at 38. Each
drop hammer is part of a unit also containing a furnace and a press.
Id
. He testified that the
majority of the scrap goes out the east door that is located no more than 12 feet from Main Street.
Tr. at 42. Mourning testified that the door is opened and closed very often, and in the summer is
also used for ventilation.
Id
. He testified that only the doors opening to the east and the south
open to the outside, whereas the remaining doors lead to the interior of other buildings. Tr. at 45.
Mourning testified that the hammers are installed according to manufacturer’s
recommendation to minimize vibration and noise, and are also covered with sound dampening
4
material including one to two inches of fabrica, a dense rubber-type material designed to absorb
noise and vibration. Tr. at 47. V&B does not have any spray-on foam material on the walls
because of the heat . Tr. at 48. He testified that V&B cannot build a berm around the site
because they are very close to the street and such a berm would leave no room to get material in
and out. Tr. at 51.
Mourning stated that the noise is created from the dropping of the hammer, and that the
number of blows necessary for each piece of material varies, depending on the amount of steel
that needs to be moved. Tr. at 55-56. He characterized the noise as not a constant, but an impact
type noise. Tr. at 56. Mourning testified that fresh air is necessary because of the intense heat.
Tr. at 57. He testified that it would cost an estimated $994,000 to seal up the building and install
the necessary ventilation system, and even then, it would be necessary to open and close the door
for getting scrap in and out of the building. Tr. at 60.
Mourning testified that it would not be feasible to install removable sound barriers in
light of the number of times V&B employees go in and out of the door per day. Tr. at 63. He
further testified that it is not feasible to move raw material in and out through any of the interior
openings in the forge shop. Tr. at 64. Mourning testified that it is possible to forge with a
forging press that would be quieter than a drop hammer, but that the cost of the equipment goes
up tremendously. Tr. at 65. He testified that just one press alone would cost well over $850,000
which does not include the associated trim press and other necessary items. Tr. at 66. He
testified that V&B has approximately 75,000 impacts per 24-hour shift. Tr. at 69.
Mourning testified that he was not directly involved in the study prepared by the Forging
Industry Educational Research Foundation in 1977 that found it was not economically reasonable
or technically feasible to have sound control at V&B. Tr. at 72. He did state that no similar
studies have been conducted since that time. Tr. at 73. He testified that operations at the forge
shop have not significantly changed since 1977, the only difference being that more parts per
hour are being produced.
Id.
He testified that the surrounding neighborhood has become less
residential since that time. Tr. at 76.
Mike Havens
Havens is a process engineer for V&B. Tr. at 77. He testified that the facility is
primarily in an industrial area of Bushnell. Tr. at 78. In 2005, Havens performed several sound
tests to determine the effects of adding a third shift to areas surrounding the forge shop. Tr. at
79. On July 13, 2005 and September 1, 2005, sound levels were taken with a sound meter.
Id.
Havens is not an expert on sound-gathering.
Id.
Havens used the meter to record the maximum
reading at each location and identified the source of the noise. Tr. at 80. He checked the houses
closes to the facility.
Id.
He testified that in many areas the main source of noise was not from
V&B.
Id.
On July 13, 2005, he took measurements with the forge shop not running, and on
September 1, 2005, he took varying measurements with the forge shop running about nine
hammers and not running. TR. at 84. Havens testified that he has not received any complaints
from the public regarding sound levels or noise pollution at the facility. Tr. at 88.
5
PUBLIC COMMENTS
A number of public comments were received at the hearing. V&B also filed a written
public comment on May 30, 2006. The Board will first summarize the public comments
received at hearing, and then address V&B’s written comment.
Public Comments Made at Hearing
The mayor of Bushnell Steve Russell testified that approximately 45 trains per day come
through Bushnell. Tr. at 97. He testified that the noise from the trains definitely impacts
Bushnell, especially in the Spring when the windows are open, and that the trains run at night as
well as the day. Tr. at 99. He testified that the city of Bushnell has a big demand for jobs. Tr. at
100. He stated that he and the Bushnell city council unanimously were in favor of the request of
V&B to increase their hours to meet demand for their products.
Id.
He testified that he has had
no complaints about the plant during his time as alderman and mayor – three years. Tr. at 101.
Steve Holland is the president of the Bushnell Economic Development Corporation, and
has been the city attorney for 30 years. Tr. at 102. He testified that there is no zoning in
Bushnell, but that the location of the facility is primarily manufacturing. Tr. at 103. He testified
that the trains have a far bigger negative impact than V&B would ever have. He testified that the
Development Corporation totally supports the request of V&B and noted that it is important that
V&B continues to be a part of the community.
Id.
Holland stated that he can recall no
complaints regarding V&B’s facility. Tr. at 104.
Richard P. Myers is the State Representative for the 94th legislative district. Tr. at 104.
He testified that he has represented the residents of Bushnell for 12 years and supports the
proposal of V&B. Tr. at 104-05. He feels that V&B is an integral part of the economy of
Bushnell, McDonough County and the entire region. Tr. at 105. He testified that in the 12 years
he has represented the district, he has had numerous complaints concerning noise and air
pollution, but never once has he received any complaints from anybody in Bushnell regarding
V&B. Tr. at 107.
Michael Steelman is the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer for Farmers & Merchants
Bank of Bushnell. Tr. at 108. He is also the secretary and director of the Bushnell Economic
Development Corporation, and has lived in Bushnell since 1955.
Id.
He testified that the bank is
located three blocks from the facility.
Id.
He stated that the economic well being of V&B is
central to the city of Bushnell, and that the city has a unique mix of commercial and retail
businesses all within a six-block area of downtown. Tr. at 109. He testified that the
manufacturing plants have always been located in the downtown area and that the city has no
applicable zoning laws.
Id.
He testified that the bank and the development corporation fully
support the proposal. Tr. at 110.
Don Swartzbaugh is the president of the Bushnell Chamber of Commerce. Tr. at 111.
He testified that the Chamber fully supports the proposal.
Id.
Daniel Roberts is a resident of
Bushnell, and he has lived at 123 South Dean Street that is less than one block southwest from
the facility for 18 years – marked as location 8 on Exhibit C to the proposal. Tr. at 111-12. He
6
testified that he had not noticed any additional hammer activity even though V&B had been
running the third shift for weeks. Tr. at 112. He testified that he has no objection and the facility
doesn’t impact him at all.
Id.
Mike Howell is a Bushnell city alderman, and is employed by
V&B. Tr. at 113. He testified that V&B has always been a good partner with Bushnell, and he
supports the proposal.
Id.
Justin Hood lives on the corner of Davis and Dean, across the street to the north of the
facility – marked as location 3 on Exhibit C to the proposal. Tr. at 114. He has a family of four
and has resided at the house for over five years.
Id.
He testified that there has been no
noticeable difference in the running of the hammers since V&B has gone to a third shift.
Id.
He
testified that there is not any excessive noise that comes from the forgings and there are plenty of
other sources of noise in the area. Tr. at 115.
Ron Miller is an employee of V&B. Tr. at 116. He testified that shutting down the
furnaces for four or five hours only to restart them prior to the next shift is inefficient and would
make V&B less competitive. Tr. at 117-18. Dave Norton is a Bushnell City Alderman. Tr. at
121. He has a place of business two blocks from the facility. Tr. at 122. He testified that as he
sits in his office the light fixtures and windows rattle as the trains go through, but that he never
hears V&B’s hammers.
Id.
Merlin Evans lives one block northwest of the facility – across the street from location 2
on Exhibit C to the proposal – and has lived there for 16 years. Tr. at 122. He testified that the
trains are the worst, and that he can feel the vibration of the noise from Norforge, but never from
V&B. Tr. at 123. Bill Cameron testified that has lived in the area for over 30 years and has
never had any problems with any noise from the drop hammering. Tr. at 124.
V&B’s Post Hearing Comment
V&B filed a post-hearing comment that addressed issues raised by the Board at hearing
and provided additional argument on the proper avenue of relief. V&B provides a detailed
summary of the testimony much of which the Board has noted above. The Board will
summarize only those portions of V&B’s post-hearing comment not already addressed
previously in this order.
V&B notes that Havens testified that he was only able to identify one point during his
sound level survey in which the sound emitted from the facility was in excess of the current
regulations promulgated by the Board, and that point of testing was immediately outside the
large door of the facility when the door was open to transfer raw material into the shop. PC at 7.
V&B assert there are no residences in that area.
Id.
V&B argues that based on the testimony elicited at hearing, the community health impact
of the proposed change in hours of operation will be, at most, negligible, while the economic
benefit to the city that will result from granting the proposed change would be far greater. PC at
10.
7
V&B argues that sound emission is an unavoidable consequence of the forging industry,
and that technology in the area of sound dampening have not adequately replaced the “natural
cooling” system most forging shops currently utilize. PC at 11. V&B asserts that though it
might be possible in some situations to install sound barriers in front of the facility’s openings,
the amount of sound actually dampened or reduced would be minimal when compared with the
side effects of decreased cooling which results in unsafe conditions for the workers and greatly
lowered production.
Id.
Additionally, V&B contends, due to the location of the facility, such
sound barriers would cross city sidewalks and streets and block pedestrian and vehicle traffic
making them technically infeasible.
Id.
V&B acknowledges that the ventilation systems discussed at hearing would keep the
facility cooler and allow the side openings to be closed for longer periods of time, thereby
reducing the duration of sound emissions. PC at 11. However, V&B contends that the
ventilation systems cost upwards of $1,000,000 and would not permit the complete closure of the
side openings as fresh air must still be allowed in the shop so that even though some reduction in
sound emissions may result, the cost of the ventilation systems far outweighs the benefits making
them economically unreasonable. PC at 12.
V&B agrees that the record of its previous petition for site-specific rulemaking (R83-32,
Vaughn & Bushnell Manufacturing Petition for a Site-Specific Operational Level Pursuant to 35
Ill. Adm. Code 901 105(d)) should be incorporated into the record of this proceeding as it
provides additional proof that the community impact of the proposed rulemaking is slight and
that the original rule creates limitations that are no longer economically reasonable or technically
feasible for V&B. PC at 12-13. V&B notes that in R83-32 it was asserted that approximately 50
residences would potentially be exposed to sound levels in excess of those allowed by Board
rule, but that most of these residences no longer exist due to the increasing industrial nature of
the facility’s location.
Id.
V&B asserts that only a handful of residences, all more than 300 feet
from the facility, may be exposed to sound levels in excess of those allowed by the regulations.
Id.
V&B asserts that the sound level survey indicates that the area immediately surrounding
the facility will be exposed to noise levels of approximately 55 decibels during the proposed four
and one-half hours of additional operation proposed. PC at 14. V&B argues that for reasons
consistent with those found in R83-32, such a sound level would have almost no perceivable
impact on the public.
Id.
V&B asserts that they have demonstrated the requested relief is
necessary and warranted, and the consequences to the community slight, primarily due to noise
already present in the area. PC at 15-16.
DISCUSSION
The Board may adopt regulations specific to individual persons or sites. In promulgating
regulations under the Act, the Board shall take into consideration the physical conditions and
character of the surrounding areas, including the character of surrounding land uses, zoning
classifications, as well as the technical feasibility and economic reasonableness of reducing the
particular type of pollution.
See
415 ILCS 5/27 (2004).
8
V&B seeks a site-specific rule amending a previously promulgated site-specific noise
rule that would extend the allowable operational levels at its facility. The Agency did not file
any post-hearing comments, and did not object to the proposal at hearing.
The Board finds that V&B has presented information indicating that adoption of the
proposed site-specific rule for the purposes of first notice is warranted.
In considering the character of the surrounding areas and land uses, the Board finds that
V&B is appropriately located. Although the city of Bushnell does not have zoning
classifications, the record shows the area in question to be heavily industrial in nature. In
addition, Bushnell has heavy train traffic, with as many as 45 trains coming through the city
during each 24-hour period. The area surrounding the facility is replete with ambient and
extraneous noise to the extent that the extraneous noise masks the noise emitted from the facility
in most, if not all, of the locations in the surrounding area. A number of city residents testified
that the trains constituted the major source of noise in the area, and no resident testified that the
noise from V&B’s facility created any negative impact.
The Board incorporated the record of R83-32 into this record at hearing. In R83-32,
V&B presented a noise study finding that there would be no adverse effect to the land-use
surrounding the facility, or the residences therein, from a sound emission of 63 decibels during
the hours of 6:30 a.m. to 1:30 a.m. The record in the instant case reveals that not only are sound
emissions of 63 decibels not emitted from the facility, but that the number of residences possibly
affected by any emission from the facility has drastically lessened since 1983.
The Board finds that the installation of noise abatement equipment to dampen the sounds
from the facility would not be economically reasonable or technically feasible. The record
shows that sound barriers would not be effective because of the continual need for ventilation
and to bring raw materials in and out of the shop. Further, due to the location of the facility,
such sound barriers would necessarily have to be placed over sidewalks and streets. A
ventilation system might eliminate the need to keep the doors open for air flow, but would not
alter the fact that the doors would need to be continually utilized throughout the day to bring
material in and out of the shop, thus minimizing any noise reduction benefits. V&B presented
evidence showing the installation of a ventilation system would not be economically reasonable.
Thus, any additional noise abatement at the facility would be costly and not likely to result in a
significant reduction in noise emissions.
The Board finds that the change in hours of operation proposed by V&B for its facility is
reasonable. The change is fully supported by the noise studies and evidence contained in the
record. In addition, V&B has presented evidence regarding the character of the surrounding land
area and land use highlighting the minimal impact that noise emissions from the V&B facility
causes.
However, the Board has modified the language proposed by V&B to accomplish its
objective. This modification by the Board does not alter the substance of the proposed
regulation, but is merely an attempt to provide more clarity. V&B proposes that it comply with
the following site-specific operational level:
9
a)
Operate no more than ten hammers at any one time during the hours of 6.00 a.m.
and 1.30 a.m. Monday through Sunday; and
b)
Operate no more than ten hammers at any one time during the hours of 1.30 a.m.
and 6.00 a.m. Monday through Sunday its forging hammers only between the
hours of 6:00 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. Monday through Saturday. Pet. at 3.
The Board will modify the language to read that V&B must comply with the following
site-specific operational level:
a)
Vaughan & Bushnell may operate no more than ten hammers at any one time;
and
b)
Vaughan & Bushnell may operate twenty-four hours per day, Monday through
Sunday.
CONCLUSION
Based on the record developed to date in this matter, the Board finds that adoption of the
proposed site-specific rule for the purposes of first notice is warranted.
ORDER
The Board directs the Clerk to cause the filing of the following with the Secretary of
State for first-notice publication in the
Illinois Register
.
TITLE 35: ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
SUBTITLE H: NOISE
CHAPTER I: POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
PART 901
SOUND EMISSION STANDARDS AND LIMITATIONS FOR PROPERTY LINE-NOISE-
SOURCES
Section
901.101
Classification of Land According to Use
901.102
Sound Emitted to Class A Land
901.103
Sound Emitted to Class B Land
901.104
Highly - Impulsive Sound
901.105
Impact Forging Operations
901.106
Prominent Discrete Tones
901.107
Exceptions
901.108
Compliance Dates for Part 901
901.109
Highly - Impulsive Sound from Explosive Blasting
901.110
Amforge Operational Level
901.111
Modern Drop Forge Operational Level
10
901.112
Wyman-Gordon Operational Level
901.113
Wagner Casting Site-Specific Operational Level (Repealed)
901.114
Moline Forge Operational Level
901.115
Cornell Forge Hampshire Division Site-Specific Operational Level
901.116
Forgings and Stampings, Inc. Operational Level
901.117
Rockford Drop Forge Company Operational Level
901.118
Scot Forge Company – Franklin Park Division Operational Level
901.119
Clifford-Jacobs Operational Level
901.120
C.S. Norcross Operational Level
901.121
Vaughan & Bushnell Operational Level
APPENDIX A
Old Rule Numbers Referenced
APPENDIX B
Land-Based Classification Standards and Corresponding 35 Ill. Adm.
Code 901 Land Classes
AUTHORITY: Implementing Section 25 and authorized by Section 27 of the Environmental
Protection Act [415 ILCS 5/25 and 27].
SOURCE: Originally filed as Part 2 of Chapter 8: Noise Pollution, effective August 10, 1973;
amended at 2 Ill. Reg. 27, p. 223, effective June 26, 1978; amended at 5 Ill. Reg. 6371,
effective June 1, 1981; amended at 5 Ill. Reg. 8533, effective August 10, 1981; amended at 6
Ill. Reg. 10960, effective September 1, 1982; codified at 7 Ill. Reg. 13646; amended at 7 Ill.
Reg. 14519, effective October 17, 1983; amended in R83-35 at 8 Ill. Reg. 18893, effective
September 25, 1984; amended in R83-33, 26, 29, 30 and R83-34 at 9 Ill. Reg. 1405, effective
January 17, 1985; Section 901.105(f)(1), (2) and (3) recodified to Sections 901.110, 901.111 and
901.112 at 9 Ill. Reg. 7147; amended in R83-25, 31 and 32 at 9 Ill. Reg. 7149, effective May
7, 1985; amended in R83-7 at 11 Ill. Reg. 3136, effective January 28, 1987; amended in R04-
11, at 28 Ill. Reg. 11910, effective July 30, 2004; amended in R03-9 at 30 Ill. Reg.5533,
effective March 10, 2006; amended in R06-11 at 30 Ill. Reg. _______________, effective
_____________.
Section 901.121
Vaughan & Bushnell Operational Level
Vaughan & Bushnell Manufacturing Company and the future owners of the forging facility
located at the intersection of Davis and Main Streets, Bushnell, Illinois, must comply with the
following site-specific operational level:
a)
Operate no more than ten hammers at any one time; and
b)
Operate its forging hammers only between the hours of 6:00 a.m. and 1:30 a.m.
Monday through Saturday. Vaughan & Bushnell may operate twenty-four hours
per day, Monday through Sunday.
(Source: Amended at 30 Ill. Reg._________, effective _________________)
IT IS SO ORDERED.
11
I, Dorothy M. Gunn, Clerk of the Illinois Pollution Control Board, certify that the Board
adopted the above order on July 20, 2006, by a vote of 4-0.
Dorothy M. Gunn, Clerk
Illinois Pollution Control Board
