ILLINOIS P~LLUTIONCONTROL BOARD

August

5,

1971

M

&

S WOOD

& PAPER CORP.

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71—199

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

Opinion and Order of the Board

(by Mr. Currie):

The company seeks

a variance to burn scrap lumber up

to

five

hours each week.

This lumber

is collected from Chrysler~s

Belvidere plant and is normally disposed of in a landfill; the

petition asks

to burn it when the landfill unloading equipment

has broken down and on Saturday afternoons when the landfill is

closed. We think these allegations are insufficient

to support

the grant of a variance even

if all the facts alleged are proved.

Consequently no purpose would be served by

a hearing, and the

petition will be dismissed,

Variances are reserved for cases

of arbitrary or unreasonable hardship; we cannot see that having

to make temporary arrangements for holding the lumber until the

landfill is able to take it would impose such a hardship as to

justify open burning,

Variances are not lightly to be granted.

The petition is dismissed.

I, Regina E.

Ryan, Clerk of the Pollution Control Board, certify

that the Board adopted the above Opinion and Order this

5th

day of

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1971,

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