ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD

January 23,

1975

CITY OF PLANO,

Petitioner,

vs.

)

PCB 75—14

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY,

Respondent.

ORDER OF THE BOARD

(by Mr. Henss):

Petitioner requests a variance from Open Burning

Regulations in order to open burn landscape waste.

On

page

5 of the petition the following language is included:

“Petitioner further requests a statement

that an air curtain destructor, properly

installed, which presently meets require-

nients

for disposal of landscape waste,

will continue to be an approved method

For a reasonable number of years, and that

Petitioner will be considered

to be in

compliance during such period of time.”

At the present time the Regulation provides for a one

year permit for the use of an air curtain destructor.

Any

extension of that time would involve the amendment to the

Regulation.

Petitioner does not propose to amend the Regulation

nor would we authorize

a regulatory proceeding to proceed in

conjunction with

a variance request.

Therefore,

the language

which is quoted above is stricken and we authorize this petition

to proceed as

a request for variance from the Open Burning Regu-

lation.

If Petitioner

in the future wishes to commence a

regulatory proceeding for the purpose of authorizing long time

usage of an air curtain destructor then the regulatory procedure

should be followed consistent with our Procedural Rules.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

I, Christan L. Moffett, Clerk of the Illinois Pollution Control

Board, hereby certify that the above Order was adopted this

23rd

day

of January by

a vote of 3-0.