ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD

February

4,

1988

ANTHONY W.

KOCHANSKI,

Complainant,

v.

)

PCB 88—16

HINSDALE GOLF CLUB,

Respondent.

ORDER OF THE BOARD

(by B.

Forcade):

At its February

4,

1988,

meeting, the Board heard arguments

from the parties

relating

to their

filings

of February 1,

1988,

and February

2,

1988.

The Board

found

that additional

factual

information

is required

to determine if the complained

of

activity meets

the statutory definition of “Organized Amateur

or

Professional Sporting Activity,”

as stated at Section

3.25 of the

Illinois Environmental Protection Act:

°ORGANIZED AMATEUR

OR

PROFESSIONAL

SPORTING

ACTIVITY”

means

an

activity

or

event

carried

out

at

a

facility

by

persons

who engaged

in

that activity as

a business

or

for education,

charity

or

entertainment

for

the

general

public,

including

all

necessary

actions

and

activities

associated

with

such

an

activity.

This definition

includes,

but

is

not

limited

to,

skeet,

trap

or

shooting

sports

clubs

in

existence prior

to January

1,

1975,

organized

motor sports,

and sporting events organized or

controlled

by school districts, units of local

government,

state

agencies,

colleges,

univer-

sities

or

professional

sports

clubs

offering

exhibitions to

the public.

Specifically, the Board orders the parties to

file,

not

later than Tuesday, February 16,

1988,

a verified statement of

facts, describing what degree of involvement

the general public

has with such activity and whether

such activity offers

exhibitions

to the public.

The Board

intends to rule on the pending motion to dismiss

at the regularly scheduled February

25,

1988, meeting.

IT

IS SO ORDERED

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I, Dorothy

M.

Gunn, Clerk of the Illinois Pollution Control

Board,

hereby certify that the above Order was adopted on

the

‘/~-

day of _________________________,

1988,

by

a vote

of

7-o

.

//

Ill

S

Pol

Control Board

86—114