Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; Illinois

The EPA is approving revisions to volatile organic compound (VOC) rules for Bema Film Systems, Incorporated (Bema). This flexographic printing facility is located in DuPage County, Illinois. The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (IEPA) submitted the revised rules on March 28, 2001 as amendments to its State Implementation Plan (SIP). The revisions consist of an adjusted standard from the Flexographic Printing Rule, 35 IAC 218.401(a), (b), and (c). The Illinois Pollution Control Board (Board) approved this adjusted standard because the Board considers this to be the Reasonably Achievable Control Technology (RACT) for Bema. The Board concluded that complying with the Flexographic Printing Rule requirements would be technically infeasible or economically unreasonable for this facility. The EPA concurs. The adjusted standard requirements include a reduction in trading allotments should Bema's emissions trigger participation in the Illinois market-based emissions trading system, maintaining daily records, conducting trials of compliant inks, and reviewing alternate control technologies.