Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; Illinois

Résumé

On June 29, 1990, the USEPA promulgated Federal stationary source volatile organic compound (VOC) control measures representing reasonably available control technology (RACT) for emission sources located in six northeastern Illinois (Chicago area) counties: Cook, DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry and Will. The USEPA also took final rulemaking action on certain VOC RACT rules previously adopted and submitted by the State of Illinois for inclusion in its State Implementation Plan (SIP). Included in the USEPA's rules was a requirement that the Viskase Corporation's (Viskase) cellulose food casing facility in Bedford Park (Cook County) be subject to the ``generic'' rule for miscellaneous fabricated product manufacturing processes and the ``generic'' rule for miscellaneous formulation manufacturing processes. On July 19, 1990, Viskase requested that USEPA reconsider its rule as applicable to Viskase's food casing manufacturing operations and, as a result, the USEPA convened a proceeding for reconsideration. The USEPA has considered the issues raised by Viskase and is presenting in this proposed rule both a discussion of these issues and a newly proposed rulemaking applicable to Viskase's food